Opinion · Supreme Court of Virginia

Penn v. Commonwealth

9 Va. Law Rep. 224

Type: Opinion
Court: Supreme Court of Virginia
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Date: 1992-09-18
Topic: general

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“A police officer may make a warrantless arrest for a misdemeanor if the offense is committed in the officer’s presence.”

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PER CURIAM.

*219 We granted the petition for appeal in this case to consider whether the Court of Appeals erred in ruling that the trial court did not err in refusing to suppress evidence seized during a search made pursuant to an unlawful misdemeanor arrest.

We have considered the question, and, for the reasons stated in the opinion of the Court of Appeals reported in 13 Va. App. 399, 412 S.E.2d 189 (1991), we will affirm its judgment.

Affirmed.