Title:

Virginia v. David Lee Moore

Subject:

Fourth Amendment, State Law, Probable Cause, Search Incident to Arrest, Exclusionary Rule, Suppression of Evidence

Question:

• Does the Fourth Amendment require the suppression of evidence obtained incident to an arrest that is based upon probable cause, where the arrest violates a provision of state law?

Decisions:

• Supreme Court of Virginia Opinion Filed: November 3, 2006
• United States Supreme Court, Cert. Granted: September 25, 2007

Resources:

• Docket Sheet From the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Northwestern University - Medill School of Journalism: On the Docket