NELSON v. COM.

Record No. 1623-96-1.

485 S.E.2d 673 (1997)

24 Va. App. 823

Amy Michelle NELSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Norfolk.

June 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Tench (Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly, P.C., on brief), Newport News, for appellant.

H. Elizabeth Shaffer, Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: BAKER, ANNUNZIATA and OVERTON, JJ.


BAKER, Judge.

Amy Michelle Nelson (appellant) appeals from her bench trial conviction by the Circuit Court of the City of Newport News (trial court) for possession of cocaine in violation of Code § 18.2-250. She contends that the cocaine was discovered during an unlawful search of her person. The sole issue presented is whether the trial court erred in refusing to suppress the cocaine evidence discovered as a result of an anticipated patdown search of appellant...

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