Thomas Leroy Lipscomb v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Baker, Coleman and Overton Argued at Salem, Virginia THOMAS LEROY LIPSCOMB MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY v. Record No. 2202-96-3 JUDGE NELSON T. OVERTON JANUARY 27, 1998 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BEDFORD COUNTY William W. Sweeney, Judge Jonathan S. Kurtin (Harvey S. Lutins; Lutins, Shapiro & Kurtin, on brief), for appellant. Eugene Murphy, Assistant Attorney General (Richard Cullen, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Thomas L. Lipscomb (defendant) was found guilty by a jury of distribution of cocaine in violation of Code…