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.