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MANLEY v. COMMONWEALTH

176 S.E.2d 309 (1970)

211 Va. 146

Melvin Lloyd MANLEY, Alias, etc. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 4, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley E. Sacks, Norfolk (Sacks, Sacks & Tavss, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Anthony F. Troy, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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

I'ANSON, Justice.

Melvin Lloyd Manley, defendant, was convicted by the court of possession of marijuana, a narcotic drug, in violation of § 54-488, Code of 1950, 1967 Rep. Vol.,1 and sentenced to confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of four years and fined $500. We granted defendant a writ of error.

At the commencement of the trial in the court below the defendant, by...

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