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JEFFERSON v. COMMONWEALTH

201 S.E.2d 749 (1974)

Joseph JEFFERSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 14, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JeRoyd W. Greene, Richmond (Greene, Buxton & Poindexter, Richmond, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Linwood T. Wells, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN and POFF, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Joseph Jefferson was tried by a jury which found him guilty of distributing marijuana and fixed his punishment at confinement for five years in the State Penitentiary and payment of a $1,000 fine. We granted Jefferson a writ of error to the judgment order entered on the jury verdict.

The Commonwealth's evidence was that on August 24, 1972, Jefferson and a companion, Maxine Braswell, were seated in Jefferson...

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