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ABELL v. COM.

Record Nos. 800354, 800355.

272 S.E.2d 204 (1980)

James Ray ABELL v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. Fredrick Lee HOLSHOUSER v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 26, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Morchower, Richmond (John W. Luxton, Morchower & Associates, Richmond, on brief), for appellants.

James E. Kulp, Deputy Atty. Gen. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

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

COCHRAN, Justice.

James Ray Abell and Fredrick Lee Holshouser were indicted for possession of cocaine on or about September 1, 1978, with intent to distribute the controlled drug. Each filed a motion to suppress the contraband as the product of an unlawful search and seizure. After conducting a joint hearing on June 7, 1979, the trial court overruled the motions. Abell and Holshouser pleaded not guilty and were tried by the court, sitting without a jury, on the evidence...

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