Moreno v. Commonwealth

Opinion

COLEMAN, J.

Jorge Samuel Moreno appeals his conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of Code § 18.2-248 for which he received a twenty year penitentiary sentence and a $30,000 fine. Despite a discovery order to provide Moreno with exculpatory evidence under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), the Commonwealth did not provide to him until mid-trial evidence which tended to impeach one of the Commonwealth’s primary witnesses, who until then had been a confidential informant. The Commonwealth concedes that the impeachment evidence, consisting of the…