Demond Markee Lewis v. Commonwealth of Virginia

HUMPHREYS, Judge.

Demond Markee Lewis (“Lewis”) appeals his conviction for possession of drugs by a prisoner, a felony, in violation of Code § 53.1-203(6), after a bench trial in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond (“trial court”). Lewis argues that the trial court erred in denying his pleas of former jeopardy on both constitutional double jeopardy grounds and Virginia’s “double jeopardy” statute, Code § 19.2-294, as the Richmond General District Court (“district court”) had previously convicted him of possession of marijuana on the same evidence and dismissed the original felony charge…