McNeill v. Commonwealth

Opinion

BAKER, J.

Roderick McNeill, Jr. (appellant) appeals from a conviction in the Circuit Court of the City of Virginia Beach for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Appellant asserts that the cocaine seized from his apartment should have been suppressed because the search warrant used to retrieve it was issued before the drugs arrived at the apartment. Appellant further avers that the warrant was defective because the police were in control of the package containing the drugs and no crime could take place unless the police officers facilitated the crime. For the reasons that…