Clodfelter v. Commonwealth

The defendant, Donald Mooreman Clodfelter, also known as John Adams (defendant or Clodfelter), waived trial by jury and was found guilty by the trial court of two offenses, one a felony and the other a misdemeanor, under the Drug Control Act, Code § 54-524.1 et seq. On the felony conviction, possession of a Schedule II controlled drug, the defendant was sentenced to a term of six years in the penitentiary with three years of that sentence suspended. On his misdemeanor conviction for possessing a Schedule III drug, the court sentenced Clodfelter to 12 months confinement in jail with the jail…