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BROWN v. COM.

Record No. 050639.

620 S.E.2d 760 (2005)

270 Va. 414

Tavares Lamont BROWN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 4, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory W. Franklin, Senior Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Virginia B. Theisen, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Judith Williams Jagdmann, Atty. Gen.; Deana A. Malek, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., LACY, KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, and AGEE, JJ., and RUSSELL, Senior Justice.

ELIZABETH B. LACY, Justice.

In this appeal we determine whether, based on the totality of the circumstances, a police officer had probable cause to arrest an individual seen holding a hand-rolled cigarette.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Officer Edward C. Lambert, III's supervisor instructed him to patrol a particular block of Lakeview Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, because of several recent shootings and a homicide in the area. One morning while patrolling...

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