Christopher Newell Lee v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Benton, Coleman and Senior Judge Cole Argued at Richmond, Virginia CHRISTOPHER NEWELL LEE MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY v. Record No. 0976-97-2 JUDGE SAM W. COLEMAN III FEBRUARY 10, 1998 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF HOPEWELL James A. Luke, Judge Brad P. Butterworth (Butterworth & Waymack, on brief), for appellant. Euguene Murphy, Assistant Attorney General (Richard Cullen, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Christopher Newell Lee was convicted in a bench trial for possession of cocaine, a schedule II controlled…