Johnson v. Commonwealth

581 S.E.2d 880 (2003)

41 Va. App. 37

Mustafaa JOHNSON

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Record No. 0335-02-2.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

June 10, 2003.

Elliott B. Bender for appellant.

Virginia B. Theisen, Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: BENTON and ANNUNZIATA, JJ., and COLEMAN, Senior Judge.

COLEMAN, Judge.

The trial court convicted Mustafaa Johnson in a bench trial of distributing cocaine in violation of Code § 18.2-248. On appeal, Johnson contends the trial court abused its discretion by failing to grant him a hearing or new…