Legal Opinion

Thomas v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided January 25, 2005No. Record 2889-03-4PublishedCited by 148 opinions

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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2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. McKoy v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Commonwealth v. HudsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 2003
  5. Riner v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2004

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3Cited by148 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Swann (ORDER)Supreme Court of Virginia · 2015
  2. Grattan v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2009
  3. Cooper v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2009
  4. Tynes v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2006
  5. Coleman v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2008

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