Supreme Court of Virginia, 2004

The Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed the Court of Appeals’ judgment and Riner’s convictions. It held that several challenges were waived, found no abuse of discretion in the rulings on venue, juror misconduct, and the private prosecutor, upheld admission of the pawn shop journal, and concluded that the evidence was…

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.

The Court affirmed dismissal of the constructive-fraud claim because the alleged misrepresentations concerned duties arising solely from the parties’ contract and the claimed loss was purely economic.