Supreme Court of Virginia

Jerald Lorenzo Jackson v. Commonwealth of Virginia

April 23, 2004267 Va. 666

Summary

The Court held that an anonymous report that three men in a white Honda were disorderly and one had brandished a firearm, corroborated only by readily observable details, did not create reasonable suspicion for an investigative traffic stop. Because the stop was unconstitutional, the firearm and cocaine found during the subsequent search were inadmissible. The Court reversed the Court of Appeals and dismissed the indictments.