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THOMAS v. COM.

Record No. 1288-09-3.

701 S.E.2d 87 (2010)

57 Va. App. 267

Leroy THOMAS, s/k/a Leroy Michael Thomas v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Salem.

November 16, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Orgera , Assistant Public Defender (Office of the Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.

Benjamin H. Katz , Assistant Attorney General ( Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: FELTON, C.J., and KELSEY and McCLANAHAN, JJ.

KELSEY, Judge.

The trial court found Leroy Thomas guilty of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, unlawfully possessing a concealed weapon, and possessing marijuana, a second or subsequent offense. On appeal, Thomas argues the court should have suppressed the evidence of his crimes because the arresting officers allegedly used the traffic stop as a pretext for conducting a drug investigation. Disagreeing with the legal assumptions underlying Thomas's assertion...

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