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ALVAREZ v. COM.

Record No. 1524-96-3.

485 S.E.2d 646 (1997)

24 Va. App. 768

Jose ALVAREZ v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Salem.

May 27, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence D. Gott, Danville (Office of the Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.

Marla Graff Decker, Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: MOON, C.J., and COLEMAN and WILLIS, JJ.

MOON, Chief Judge.

Jose Alvarez appeals from his conviction of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute in violation of Code § 18.2-248. Alvarez asserts that the trial court erred in: (1) failing to suppress marijuana evidence obtained in a warrantless search that was based upon a narcotics dog "alerting" on a package being transported by bus; and (2) admitting an analysis of the marijuana evidence for which the Commonwealth failed to establish a proper...

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