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MARRERO v. COM.

Record No. 810299.

284 S.E.2d 809 (1981)

Ray Michael MARRERO v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

December 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Gibney, Jr., Richmond (Bell, Lacy & Baliles, Richmond, on brief), for appellant.

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

Before CARRICO, C. J., and HARRISON, COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON and STEPHENSON, JJ.

HARRISON, Justice.

The trial court convicted Ray Michael Marrero of possession of marijuana while defendant was an inmate in the Virginia Penal System and sentenced him to imprisonment for one year. On appeal, Marrero argues that the trial court erred in failing to suppress the evidence. He alleges the drug was seized in a constitutionally impermissible search of his prison locker.

The facts are not in dispute. Marrero was an inmate at the Pocahontas Correctional...

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