PHILLIPS v. COM.

Record No. 981829.

514 S.E.2d 340 (1999)

257 Va. 548

Matthew S. PHILLIPS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Scott, Jr. (Street, Street, Street, Scott & Bowman, on briefs), Grundy, for appellant.

Linwood T. Wells, Jr., Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


KEENAN, Justice.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether Code § 19.2-294 bars a defendant's conviction on two felony charges of selling marijuana on school property, after he had been convicted in the general district court on two misdemeanor charges of distribution of marijuana based on the same acts.

The parties stipulated to the following facts. In March 1996, two arrest warrants were issued against Matthew S. Phillips, charging him with felony...

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