BECKNER v. COM.

Record No. 1600-91-3.

425 S.E.2d 530 (1993)

Donna Phelps BECKNER v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Embrey, Lynchburg (Cunningham & Embrey, on briefs), for appellant.

Thomas C. Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: KOONTZ, C.J., and MOON and BRAY, JJ.


MOON, Judge.

Donna Phelps Beckner was convicted of operating a motor vehicle while her operator's license was suspended. She contends that the police officer lacked reasonable suspicion to stop her vehicle and, therefore, the evidence obtained should have been suppressed. We agree and reverse her conviction.

On April 26, 1991, an unidentified driver pulled his car and flashed his lights behind the cruiser of Officer Royal of the Lynchburg Police Department...

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