Moses v. Commonwealth

OVERTON, Judge.

Jewell Moses (defendant) was convicted in a bench trial of distribution of cocaine, in violation of Code § 18.2-248. Prior to sentencing, she moved for a presentence report to be prepared by the probation department. The report included information describing defendant’s history of buying, transporting and selling drugs, such information being obtained from unnamed informants. She contends on appeal that Code § 19.2-299(C), which mandates inclusion of information relating to a defendant’s association with drugs, violates the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United…