Johnson v. Commonwealth

FRANK, Judge.

Barney Johnson (appellant) was convicted by a jury of two counts of distributing morphine, in violation of Code § 18.2-248, and one count of conspiracy to distribute morphine, in violation of Code § 18.2-256. On appeal, he contends the trial court erred in denying a cautionary instruction on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice. We find the accomplice’s testimony was corroborated, thus we affirm the convictions.

BACKGROUND

Bonnie Gay Ray was a drug addict. In June of 1996, she had a conversation with appellant, who told her “he had some morphine to get rid of.” Ray agreed…