Commonwealth of Virginia v. Douglas Jerome Smith

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Chief Judge Fitzpatrick, Judges Willis and Bumgardner Argued by teleconference COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY v. Record No. 1364-98-3 JUDGE RUDOLPH BUMGARDNER, III NOVEMBER 24, 1998 DOUGLAS JEROME SMITH FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROANOKE COUNTY Roy B. Willett, Judge Kathleen B. Martin, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellant. Robert C. Hagan, Jr., for appellee. The Commonwealth appeals the suppression of drugs seized after a search of the defendant. It argues that the defendant consented to…