57 Va. App. 68 - Foltz v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

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1. “) was convicted by a jury of abduction with intent to defile pursuant to Code § 18.2-48 and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Before a panel of this Court, appellant contended that the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress eyewitness testimony of police officers who observed him sexually assault a victim while she walked on a public sidewalk. Specifically, he asserts that evidence was inadmissible because it was obtained as a result of police officers' use of a global positioning system (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 58 Va. App. 107 - Foltz v. Commonwealth

2. “Unlike here, where the GPS system automatically tracked and recorded the movement of the van [in real time], the beeper technology discussed in Knotts required that the police follow the signal from the beeper as the container was moved. We find that this advancement in tracking technology provides an insufficient basis for distinguishing Knotts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. United States v. Cuevas-Perez

3. “"[w]e consider the evidence and all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the prevailing party at trial. We apply the same standard when, as here, we review the trial court's denial of the defendant's motion to suppress the evidence."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 58 Va. App. 107 - Foltz v. Commonwealth