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Malbrough v. Commonwealth

No. 062570Supreme Court of Virginia

062570 Malbrough v. Commonwealth 01/11/2008 In a prosecution for drug and weapons violations in which defendant claimed that a consent search of his person conducted at a roadside stop after being told that he…

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062570 Malbrough v. Commonwealth 01/11/2008 In a prosecution for drug and weapons violations in which defendant claimed that a co…

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Supreme Court of Virginia
First added here
October 4, 2026
Last entry
January 11, 2008
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062570 Malbrough v. Commonwealth 01/11/2008 In a prosecution for drug and weapons violations in which defendant claimed that a consent search of his person conducted at a roadside stop after being told that he was free to leave violated his Fourth Amendment rights, it cannot be said that the trial court's conclusion that a reasonable person would have felt free to ignore such request and leave the scene was plainly wrong or unsupported by the evidence. Defendant did not establish that the circuit court committed reversible error in that finding, and no error is found in the application of law by either that court or the Court of Appeals. Accordingly the judgment upholding the convictions is…

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