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OTEY v. COM.

Record No. 2439-11-2.

735 S.E.2d 255 (2012)

61 Va. App. 346

Richard Alvin OTEY v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

December 26, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Hicks (Jarrell, Hicks & Waldman, P.C., on brief), Spotsylvania, for appellant.

Aaron J. Campbell , Assistant Attorney General ( Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: ELDER, PETTY and McCULLOUGH, JJ.

McCULLOUGH, Judge.

Richard Alvin Otey was stopped for driving with a defective brake light. The stop led to the discovery of illegal drugs. He challenges the validity of the stop, contending that the stop was not justified because, as a matter of law, his brake light was not defective. We disagree and affirm.1

BACKGROUND

On April 15, 2011, Deputy D.J. Hart of the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office was conducting surveillance...

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