Leavell v. Commonwealth

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment based on a jury verdict which convicted Leavell of trafficking in marijuana. He was sentenced to ten years and his sentence was enhanced to twenty years upon the finding by the jury that he was a persistent felony offender in the second degree.

The questions presented are whether the trial judge committed reversible error by overruling a motion to suppress evidence obtained by a warrantless search of his person and his brief case, and whether the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to grant a motion for directed verdict on…