SHEPPARD v. COM.

Record No. 1335-96-3.

489 S.E.2d 714 (1997)

25 Va. App. 527

Elvin William SHEPPARD v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Salem.

Rehearing En Banc Granted October 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne T. Baucino, Assistant Public Defender (Vikram Kapil, Assistant Public Defender, on briefs), for appellant.

Leah A. Darron, Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: MOON, C.J., and COLEMAN and WILLIS, JJ.


WILLIS, Judge.

Elvin William Sheppard was a passenger in an automobile that was stopped by the police at a license checking roadblock. He was convicted of possession of cocaine and possession of marijuana discovered by the police upon search of the automobile. On appeal, he contends that the roadblock was established unconstitutionally, that the seizures of the automobile and of his person were therefore unlawful, and that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress...

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