Rodriguez v. Commonwealth

Indicted for feloniously possessing cocaine, a controlled drug, with intent to distribute in violation of Code § 18.2-248, defendant Edwin Rodriguez was found guilty by a jury in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County and sentenced in accord with the jury’s verdict to imprisonment for 20 years.

Upon defendant’s appeal, and sitting en banc on its own motion pursuant to Code § 17-116.02(D), the Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. The opinion of the court expressed the views of four judges; three judges concurred in the result; and one judge dissented, joined in part by another judge.…