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Merid v. Commonwealth (ORDER)
No. 200799Supreme Court of Virginia
200799 Merid v. Commonwealth (ORDER) 07/01/2021 In an appeal from a conviction for abduction and murder in which the defendant argued that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress evidence that police dis…
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200799 Merid v. Commonwealth (ORDER) 07/01/2021 In an appeal from a conviction for abduction and murder in which the defendant ar…
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200799 Merid v. Commonwealth (ORDER) 07/01/2021 In an appeal from a conviction for abduction and murder in which the defendant argued that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress evidence that police discovered after entering an apartment to prevent an occupant from committing suicide -- considering the record, briefs, and arguments of counsel, and for the reasons stated in the opinion of the Court of Appeals, Merid v. Commonwealth, 72 Va. App. 104, 119 (2020), which concluded that the officers' actions were reasonable and thus did not violate the Fourth Amendment -- the judgment is affirmed. The judgment of the Court of Appeals is consistent with Caniglia v. Strom, 593 U.S. ___, 141…
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200799 Merid v. Commonwealth (ORDER) 07/01/2021 In an appeal from a conviction for abduction and murder in which the defendant argued that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress evidence that police discovered after entering an apartment to prevent an occupant from committing suicide -- considering the record, briefs, and arguments of counsel, and for the reasons stated in the opinion of the Court of Appeals, Merid v. Commonwealth, 72 Va. App. 104, 119 (2020), which concluded that the officers' actions were reasonable and thus did not violate the Fourth Amendment -- the judgment is affirmed. The judgment of the Court of Appeals is consistent with Caniglia v. Strom, 593 U.S. ___, 141…
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