Jones v. Commonwealth

BRAY, Judge.

Antoine Caruth Jones (defendant) was convicted in a bench trial for possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute. Defendant complains on appeal that the trial court erroneously admitted evidence resulting from an unlawful search and challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to prove the requisite knowledge and intent to distribute the offending drugs. Finding no error, we affirm the conviction.

On December 14, 1994, Newport News police executed a search warrant for an apartment occupied by Linda Williams. 1 The warrant sought evidence pertaining to a robbery and murder…