MURPHY v. COM.

Record No. 080852.

672 S.E.2d 884 (2009)

Simon Vaughn MURPHY v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Watson IV, for appellant

Jennifer C. Williamson, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert F. McDonnell, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


OPINION BY Justice BARBARA MILANO KEENAN.

In this appeal of a defendant's conviction for possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, we consider whether Code § 18.2-262 affords transactional immunity to a witness whose testimony is voluntary, rather than compelled.

The facts in this case are not in dispute. In March 2005, Simon Vaughn Murphy stopped his vehicle at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel toll plaza in Northampton County. At the plaza...

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