Spivey v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
1Opinion of the Court
BRAY, Judge.
Deborah Spivey (defendant) was convicted in a bench trial for possessing both cocaine and marijuana with the intent to distribute. On appeal, she contends that the trial court erroneously declined to suppress evidence resulting from an unlawful “no-knock” entry incidental to the execution of a search warrant and improperly received into evidence items omitted from the related inventory. Defendant also challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the convictions. Finding no error, we affirm the decision of the trial court.
In accordance with well established principles, we…
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