LOWERY v. COM.

Record No. 0424-88-2.

388 S.E.2d 265 (1990)

Oslet Franklin LOWERY v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry E. Gilman (Bynum, Johnson, Gilman and Stacey, Ashland, on brief), for appellant.

H. Elizabeth Shaffer, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen. on brief), for appellee.

Present: BARROW, COLEMAN and KEENAN, JJ.


BARROW, Judge.

In this appeal we are urged to hold that the race of the driver of an automobile, along with other factors, may be used in deciding whether a stop of his vehicle was justified. We decline to do so. However, we find that the stop of the automobile was justified for other reasons. Furthermore, we conclude that the evidence was sufficient to support the finding that the driver possessed the marijuana found in his car.

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