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COLAW v. COM.

Record No. 2990-98-3.

531 S.E.2d 31 (2000)

32 Va. App. 806

Paula COLAW, s/k/a Paula Lavon Colaw v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Salem.

July 18, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon W. Poindexter, Jr. (Poindexter & Schorsch, P.C., on brief), Waynesboro, for appellant.

Marla Graff Decker, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: FITZPATRICK, C.J., and COLEMAN and FRANK, JJ.

COLEMAN, Judge.

Paula Colaw was convicted in a bench trial of possession of cocaine. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred by denying Colaw's motion to suppress the cocaine found in the search of a friend's house where she was staying as an overnight guest. Colaw argues the trial court erred in finding the seized cocaine admissible under the "good faith exception" to the warrant requirement as established in United States v. Leon,

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