JOHNSON v. COMMONWEALTH


189 S.E.2d 678 (1972)

213 Va. 102

James Edward JOHNSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Marshall Mundy, Roanoke, 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.

James Edward Johnson was convicted in the court below of possessing marijuana with intent to distribute this drug. We granted him a writ of error limited to a consideration of whether the action of the police officers in failing to announce and identify themselves before forcibly entering defendant's apartment constituted an unreasonable search and seizure.

On January 12, 1971 Roanoke city police officers, armed with a search warrant, entered...

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