STOVALL v. COMMONWEALTH


189 S.E.2d 353 (1972)

213 Va. 67

Clyde B. STOVALL, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert J. Ahern, Jr., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff in error.

Burnett Miller, III, 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.


CARRICO, Justice.

The defendant, Clyde B. Stovall, Jr., was convicted by the trial court, sitting without a jury, of the unlawful possession of LSD in violation of Code § 54-446.4(c) (Repl.Vol.1967).1 He was sentenced to serve twelve months in jail, eleven of which were suspended. We granted him a writ of error.

The LSD, for the possession of which the defendant was convicted, was seized in his home on November 20, 1969, pursuant...

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