Bowman v. Commonwealth

On March 9, 1990, while working undercover, Officer Derek Young of the City of Norfolk Police Department purchased cocaine from a man he previously had seen on approximately 12 occasions. On April 11, 1990, Young identified Norman Milton Bowman, Jr. from a photographic lineup as the individual who had sold him the cocaine. At the time of the drug transaction, Bowman was approximately six feet two inches tall and weighed 194 pounds.

At the trial in the Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk, the Commonwealth asked Young to describe Bowman’s appearance at the time of the offense. Based on a report…