47 Va. App. 733 - Ward v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “On appeal of the denial of a motion to suppress, we consider the evidence adduced at both the suppression hearing and at trial, DePriest v. Commonwealth, 4 Va.App. 577, 583 , 359 S.E.2d 540, 542-43 (1987), and we view it in the light most favorable to the prevailing party, granting to the evidence all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom, Commonwealth v. Grimstead, 12 Va.App. 1066, 1067 , 407 S.E.2d 47, 48 (1991). “We are bound by the trial court’s findings of historical fact unless ‘plainly wrong’ or without evidence to support them[,] and we give due weight to the inferences drawn from those facts by resident judges and local law enforcement officers.” McGee v. Commonwealth, 25 Va.App. 193, 198 , 487 S.E.2d 259, 261 (1997) (en banc) (citing Ornelas v. United States, 517 U.S. 690, 699 , 116 S.Ct. 1657, 1663 , 134 L.Ed.2d 911 (1996)).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 50 Va. App. 301 - Dodd v. Commonwealth

2. “Because there was no nexus between the address on the package and the address listed in the warrant, Ward contends the requisite probable cause was lacking and the warrant was therefore invalid when issued. The Court of Appeals determined that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ward v. Com.

3. “the `sure course' analysis does not require that law enforcement officials had no involvement whatever in placing the package in the mail or in effecting its delivery to the particular location to be searched.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ward v. Com.