WHITE v. COM.

Record No. 080166.

667 S.E.2d 564 (2008)

Valerie R. WHITE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 31, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Pavek, Deputy Public Defender, for appellant.

Donald E. Jeffrey III, Senior Assistant Attorney General (Robert F. McDonnell, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, GOODWYN, and MILLETTE, JJ., and CARRICO, S.J.


OPINION BY Senior Justice HARRY L. CARRICO.

This appeal involves Virginia's first-offender statute, Code § 18.2-251, and the issue is whether the Court of Appeals erred when it affirmed the circuit court's judgment revoking the first-offender status of the defendant, Valerie R. White, and convicting her of the possession of cocaine, the underlying offense with which she was charged. Finding that the Court of Appeals did err, we will reverse its judgment.

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