GILPIN v. COM.

Record No. 2637-96-3.

493 S.E.2d 393 (1997)

26 Va. App. 105

Ralph Junior GILPIN, a/k/a Ralph J. Long v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Salem.

December 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Huntington, Blacksburg, for appellant.

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

Present: BENTON, COLEMAN and MOON, JJ.


BENTON, Judge.

In this appeal we consider whether a prolonged, investigatory detention of the driver of a vehicle was supported by reasonable, articulable suspicion that the driver was engaged in unlawful activity. Ralph Junior Gilpin contends that he was detained at a roadblock in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and that, as a result, the police unlawfully obtained evidence. Gilpin also argues that the trial judge...

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