ELLIS v. COM.

Record No. 1410-07-1.

662 S.E.2d 640 (2008)

52 Va. App. 220

Gloria Jean ELLIS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Chesapeake.

July 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aleasa D. Leonard, Assistant Public Defender (Office of the Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.

J. Robert Bryden, III, Assistant Attorney General (Robert F. McDonnell, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: KELSEY, HALEY and BEALES, JJ.


KELSEY, Judge.

In the trial court, Gloria Jean Ellis entered a conditional guilty plea to a charge of possession of cocaine. On appeal, Ellis argues the trial court erroneously failed to suppress the evidence of cocaine found on her person during a traffic stop. We disagree with Ellis and affirm her conviction.

I.

We address legal issues arising from a suppression motion "only after the relevant historical facts have been established." Raab v...

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