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Collins v. Commonwealth
No. 151277Supreme Court of Virginia
151277 Collins v. Commonwealth 03/28/2019 On remand from a decision of the United States Supreme Court holding that the automobile exception to the Fourth Amendment does not permit a police officer, uninvited …
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151277 Collins v. Commonwealth 03/28/2019 On remand from a decision of the United States Supreme Court holding that the automobil…
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151277 Collins v. Commonwealth 03/28/2019 On remand from a decision of the United States Supreme Court holding that the automobile exception to the Fourth Amendment does not permit a police officer, uninvited and without a warrant, to enter the curtilage of a home in order to search a vehicle parked therein -- it is now held that the exclusionary rule does not apply in the circumstances of the present case. The pertinent analysis of deterrence and culpability is confined to the objectively ascertainable question whether a reasonably well-trained officer would have known that the search was illegal in light of all of the circumstances. At the time of the search in the present case, a reasona…
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