Jones v. Commonwealth

The defendant, Thelonius L. Jones, was charged in a warrant with failing to identify himself at the request of a police officer in violation of § 17-13(c) of the Arlington County Code. Jones was also charged in an indictment with possessing heroin with intent to distribute in violation of Va. Code § 18.2-248.

Tried by the court without a jury, Jones was convicted of both offenses and sentenced to thirty days’ confinement in jail on the misdemeanor charge and twenty years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary, with ten years suspended, on the felony charge. We granted this appeal tc review (1) the…