JONES v. COM.

Record No. 751113.

227 S.E.2d 701 (1976)

William Avery JONES, II v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. H. C. Venable, Richmond (Cohen, Abeloff & Staples, Richmond, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Gilbert W. Haith, 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.


HARRISON, Justice.

We review the conviction of William Avery Jones, II, of the felonious distribution of hashish, a controlled drug. The defendant was sentenced by the trial court to serve ten years in the penitentiary with four years suspended during good behavior.

Jones was arrested on a warrant which identified him not by name but by description. He argued that he was not the intended recipient of the warrant and questioned the identification. While the...

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