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SHIRLEY v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 761065.

235 S.E.2d 432 (1977)

Bonnie West SHIRLEY v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond H. Strople, Portsmouth (Dennis F. McMurran, Moody, McMurran & Miller, Ltd., Portsmouth, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

A. R. Woodroof, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Anthony F. Troy, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

HARRISON, Justice.

Bonnie West Shirley was convicted in the lower court of the grand larceny of a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette automobile and sentenced to serve five years in the penitentiary. Her conviction was the result, in part, of evidence obtained by police officers when they inspected the automobile pursuant to the provisions of Code § 46.1-9, which reads:

"Right to inspect vehicles in garages, etc.—Any peace officer or Division officer or employee...

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