Legal Opinion
McCoy v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided May 6, 1986No. Record No. 0285-85PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HODGES, J.
Ephrim L. McCoy, the appellant, was convicted in the trial court of possession of cocaine and possession of heroin. The dispositive question in this appeal is whether McCoy had standing to attack the validity of a search of an apartment in which he was a visitor. We find that he did not and affirm.
On September 6, 1984, Detective K.E. O’Brien of the Portsmouth Vice and Narcotics Squad obtained a search warrant for the premises at 3019 Turnpike Road in Portsmouth, Virginia. The premises were leased in the name of Chandra Tyson, alias Pony. Detective O’Brien and two other…
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3Cited by32 opinions
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