RITTER v. COMMONWEALTH


173 S.E.2d 799 (1970)

210 Va. 732

Harold Edward RITTER, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry L. Lam, Virginia Beach (Lam, Hudgins & Mann, Virginia Beach, on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

Walter H. Ryland, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on the brief), for defendant in error.

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


HARRISON, Justice.

Harold Edward Ritter, Jr., defendant, seeks to reverse a judgment entered by the Circuit Court of the City of Virginia Beach on July 25, 1968, finding him guilty of possession of a narcotic drug (marijuana) in violation of Virginia's Uniform Narcotic Drug Act, and sentencing him to a three-year term in the penitentiary.

On January 31, 1968, Sgt. L. O. Sutton obtained a search warrant for the residence of Harold E. Ritter, 1400 East Bay ...

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