FOX v. COMMONWEALTH


189 S.E.2d 367 (1972)

213 Va. 97

Robert Gordon FOX v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Mullins, Richlands, Norris Kantor, Bluefield, W. Va. (McClintock & Mullins, Richlands, Katz, Katz & Kantor, Bluefield, W. Va., on brief), for plaintiff in error.

James E. Kulp, 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.


HARRISON, Justice.

Robert Gordon Fox was convicted in the court below of the possession of controlled drugs. His appeal questions the sufficiency of the evidence, and whether certain evidence that was seized and introduced was the product of a valid search and seizure.

On May 21, 1971 Trooper R. H. Campbell, while patrolling Highway No. 662 in Tazewell County, observed an unoccupied car parked at a spot near the top of East River Mountain. When Officer Campbell...

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