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HARRIS v. COM.

Record No. 022168.

581 S.E.2d 206 (2003)

266 Va. 28

Leon Thomas HARRIS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 6, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliott B. Bender, for appellant.

Virginia B. Theisen, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Jerry W. Kilgore, Atty. Gen., Leah A. Darron, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., LACY, KEENAN, KOONTZ, KINSER, and LEMONS, JJ., and CARRICO, S.J.

OPINION BY Justice ELIZABETH B. LACY.

In this appeal, we consider whether Leon Thomas Harris was illegally detained by police and whether evidence obtained in a search of his truck should have been suppressed because it was obtained as a result of the illegal detention.

FACTS

On May 25, 2000, at approximately 4:00 a.m., Officer Blaine Davis initiated a traffic stop based on a broken license plate light he observed on a truck. Harris, the driver...

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