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Jones v. Commonwealth

FILED status graphic: Jones v. Commonwealth. 080374 Jones v. Commonwealth 01/16/2009 In a prosecution for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of Code § 18.2-308.2, a positive alert from a narcotics detection dog was sufficiently reliable to establish probable cause to conduct a search of a vehicle. Thus the trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding the narcotics detection dog's training and experience sufficient to support probable cause and therefore denying the defendant's motion to suppress evidence seiz…
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