BETHEA v. COM.

Record No. 921005.

429 S.E.2d 211 (1993)

George BETHEA, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jody Ann Jacobson, Asst. Public Defender (David J. Johnson, Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.

Marla Lynn Graff, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Stephen D. Rosenthal, Atty. Gen. on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, WHITING, LACY, and HASSELL, JJ., and COCHRAN, Retired Justice.


LACY, Justice.

In this case we consider whether a police officer violated the Fourth Amendment rights of a passenger in a motor vehicle when the officer requested the passenger to get out of the vehicle during a lawful traffic stop.

On August 13, 1988, George Bethea, Jr., was riding in a vehicle operated by Tony Dodson. Dodson was driving south in the left-hand lane of Commerce Road in the City of Richmond. Sergeants Marvin T. Paulus and Harry F. Warren of...

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