King v. Commonwealth

Opinion

DUFF, J.

On June 26, 1985, Posey King was convicted in a jury trial of feloniously manufacturing marijuana in violation of Code § 18.2-248.1(c). The sole issue presented in his appeal is whether the court’s instruction to the jury defining the term “manufacturing” was incomplete. We find no error and affirm the conviction.

Three deputy sheriffs, on a stakeout investigating the manufacture of marijuana, observed King with a hoe in a field of over 600 marijuana plants. King was digging with the hoe between two beds of the plants. The land, located in a remote section of Floyd County, was…