Beniah Abel Allen v. Commonwealth

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Benton, Willis and Elder Argued at Richmond, Virginia BENIAH ABEL ALLEN MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY v. Record No. 1745-95-2 JUDGE JAMES W. BENTON, JR. SEPTEMBER 3, 1996 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY William R. Shelton, Judge Christopher F. Cowan (Cowan & North, on brief), for appellant. Leah A. Darron, Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief) for appellee. A jury convicted Beniah Abel Allen of possession of cocaine in violation of Code § 18.2-250. On this appeal, he contends…