HAMLIN v. COM.

Record No. 1412-99-2.

534 S.E.2d 363 (2000)

33 Va. App. 494

Calvin Leon HAMLIN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

September 26, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory W. Franklin, Assistant Public Defender (David J. Johnson, Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.

Marla Graff Decker, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: BENTON, WILLIS and HUMPHREYS, JJ.


HUMPHREYS, Judge.

Calvin Leon Hamlin was convicted in a bench trial of possession of cocaine. He argues on this appeal that the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion to suppress the evidence based upon his illegal detention by police officers. For the reasons that follow, we affirm his conviction.

"In reviewing a trial court's denial of a motion to suppress, '[t]he burden is upon [the defendant] to show that th[e] ruling, when the evidence is considered...

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