Legal Opinion
Hollins v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided November 15, 1994No. Record No. 0236-93-4PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FITZPATRICK, J.
George Hollins (appellant) was convicted in a bench trial of cocaine distribution and sentenced to twelve years in the penitentiary. On appeal, he contends the trial court erred in failing to require disclosure of the exact location of a police observation post and in finding the evidence sufficient to sustain his conviction. Finding no error, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
On September 11, 1992, Officer William Bunney (Bunney) of the Alexandria Police Department conducted a narcotics surveillance with binoculars from an elevated observation post on Queen Street. Around 11:00 p.m.,…
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