Johnnie Ray Grimsley v. Ray M. Dodson, Sheriff J. Marshall Coleman, Attorney General of Virginia

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from the grant of a writ of habeas corpus to Johnnie Ray Grimsley, a state prisoner in Virginia, peti*304tioner below and appellee here. We reverse.

In 1979, Grimsley was on state probation following 1973 convictions for grand larceny in Page and Rockingham Counties, Virginia. In September of that year, deputies from Page County, Virginia, accompanied by Grimsley’s probation officer, searched Grimsley’s residence pursuant to a search warrant. The search produced firearms and marijuana. Grimsley was subsequently charged with possession of the marijuana, a…