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JONES v. COM.

Record No. 0141-93-2.

443 S.E.2d 820 (1994)

Ricky Lamont JONES v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

May 3, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Baugh, Richmond, for appellant.

Marla Lynn Graff, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Stephen D. Rosenthal, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: COLEMAN and ELDER, JJ., and COLE, Senior Judge.

COLEMAN, Judge.

The sole issue1 in this criminal appeal is whether in a jury trial for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, the trial court erred by admitting evidence of two prior unrelated drug sales by the defendant.

We hold that the prejudice resulting from the jury's being told that the defendant had sold drugs on two other occasions outweighed any probative value that...

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