Thomas v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
1Opinion of the Court
KELSEY, Judge.
Raymond Thomas challenges his jury conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon in violation of Code § 18.2-308.2. We find that Thomas waived all but one of his arguments by not properly raising them at trial. On the one question preserved for appellate review — whether the court erred in admitting into evidence 46 plastic baggies described by an expert narcotics officer as indicative of drug distribution — we hold the court did not abuse its discretion in admitting this evidence. We thus affirm Thomas’s conviction.
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