FORE v. COM.

Record No. 790625.

265 S.E.2d 729 (1980)

Theodore G. FORE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Garver, Reston, for appellant.

Vera S. Warthen, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

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


COCHRAN, Justice.

In a jury trial, Theodore G. Fore was convicted of burglary and sentenced to serve seven years in the penitentiary. We granted him a writ of error limited to the question whether his conviction was based upon evidence improperly seized in a warrantless search of an automobile.

The trial court conducted a pretrial hearing on Fore's motion to suppress evidence. Fore testified that in mid-November, 1977, he left a 1970 Buick, owned by him but...

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