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Virginia ruling on a "Terry" stop

Posted by David Hardy · 1 May 2011 09:06 AM

Commonwealth v. Smith. In a split decision, a majority upholds a frisk based on a traffic stop where police knew that the driver had fairly recently been arrested for drug distribution and for felon-in-possession, but did not observe signs that he was then armed.

Hat tip to reader Dennis Hannick...

2 Comments | Leave a comment

Gene Hoffman | May 1, 2011 12:22 PM | Reply

"[A]nd dangerous" is going to be a very important concept - otherwise even all law abiding carry permit holders are going to be frisked at every stop...

-Gene

Ceefour | May 2, 2011 10:51 AM | Reply

You can go thru your felony stops and your terry stops and you can always be (should be) on the alert all the time but,unfortunately, the one that gets you is the one you didn't expect...

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