MURPHY v. COM.

Record No. 1474-87-2.

384 S.E.2d 125 (1989)

Jimmy Rogers MURPHY v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Sewmake (J. Thomas McGrath, Coates & Davenport, on briefs), for appellant.

Virginia B. Theisen, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Before BENTON, COLEMAN and MOON, JJ.


COLEMAN, Judge.

In this appeal we consider whether because the defendant made a lawful right turn approximately 350 feet in front of a roadblock a police officer had a reasonable suspicion of a traffic infraction or criminal wrongdoing justifying a stop of the defendant's vehicle.

Jimmy Rogers Murphy, who was convicted in a bench trial of driving after having been adjudged an habitual offender, contends that the Richmond police officer who stopped him had...

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