BURTON v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 740869.

213 S.E.2d 757 (1975)

215 Va. 711

Mary Louise BURTON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Taylor, Roanoke (Martin, Hopkins & Lemon, Roanoke, on brief), for plaintiff-in-error.

Linwood T. Wells, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant-in-error.

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


PER CURIAM.

Mary Louise Burton, having waived trial by jury, was convicted by the court below of the misdemeanor of distributing for accommodation a controlled substance, methylphenidate, and was given a suspended sentence of six months in jail. We consider whether the evidence was sufficient to support her conviction.

On October 28, 1973, Burton visited Ronald Wayne Dooley, who was then confined in the Roanoke...

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