BETHEA v. COM.

Record No. 0371-89-2.

404 S.E.2d 65 (1991)

George BETHEA, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing En Banc Granted May 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell C. Williams, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Marla Lynn Graff, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: BARROW, BENTON and COLEMAN, JJ.


BENTON, Judge.

George Bethea, Jr. was convicted at a bench trial for possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute. His appeal questions whether a police officer unreasonably detained him during a routine traffic stop of an automobile in which he was a passenger. We hold that the trial judge erred in overruling Bethea's motion to suppress.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, Higginbotham v. Commonwealth, 216...

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