Tamessa Twanna Martin v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Elder, Petty and Alston Argued at Salem, Virginia TAMESSA TWANNA MARTIN MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY v. Record No. 2733-08-3 JUDGE WILLIAM G. PETTY MAY 18, 2010 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE G. Carter Greer, Judge Jameson R. Whitney for appellant. Virginia B. Theisen, Senior Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. On July 22, 2008, Tamessa Twanna Martin, the appellant, was convicted by a jury of two counts of distribution of cocaine, third offense, in violation…