Stephen Douglas Gowens v. Commonwealth

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Baker, Annunziata and Overton Argued at Norfolk, Virginia STEPHEN DOUGLAS GOWENS MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY v. Record No. 1617-96-1 JUDGE ROSEMARIE ANNUNZIATA MAY 13, 1997 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS Robert W. Curran, Judge Robert Moody, IV (Segall & Moody, on brief), for appellant. Ruth Ann Morken, Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Following a bench trial, appellant, Stephen Douglas Gowens, was convicted of distribution of cocaine in violation…