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TAYLOR v. COM.

Record No. 1279-85.

369 S.E.2d 423 (1988)

Gifton Anthony TAYLOR and Charlton Albert Malcolm v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

May 17, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald I. Kurland, Baltimore, Md., Michael C. Allen, Chesterfield (Kroop, Kurland & Rosenberg, Baltimore, Md., Englisby, Barnes & Allen, Chesterfield, on briefs), for appellants.

Eugene Murphy, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: KOONTZ, C.J., and BAKER, BARROW, BENTON, COLE, COLEMAN, DUFF, HODGES, KEENAN and MOON, JJ.

OPINION ON HEARING EN BANC

BARROW, Judge.

In this criminal appeal we conclude that a drug courier profile, having no apparent relationship to criminal activity, may not alone justify stopping an automobile on a highway for further investigation. Consequently, the evidence seized in a subsequent search of the defendants' automobile was inadmissible and the defendants' convictions must be reversed.

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