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SHARP v. COMMONWEALTH

192 S.E.2d 217 (1972)

213 Va. 269

Dennis Joe SHARP v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 9, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Hall, Fairfax (Hall & Jackson, Fairfax on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Gilbert W. Haith, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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

SNEAD, Chief Justice.

Armed with a search warrant, police officers entered premises occupied by Dennis Joe Sharp, defendant, in Fairfax County, and found under his bed two and one-half bricks of marijuana weighing a total of 1,447 grams, seventeen "baggies" of marijuana weighing a total of 257.4 grams, a phial of marijuana and a pipe with charred marijuana in the bowl.

On November 16, 1970 Sharp was indicted for possession of marijuana, a controlled drug,...

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