Al Baace Abdulla Al-Ghani v. Commonwealth

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judge Bray, Senior Judges Duff and Overton Argued at Alexandria, Virginia AL BAACE ABDULLA AL-GHANI MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY v. Record No. 0264-98-4 JUDGE NELSON T. OVERTON MAY 18, 1999 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA John E. Kloch, Judge Jeffrey T. Barbour (Office of the Public Defender, on brief), for appellant. Jeffrey S. Shapiro, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. In a bench trial, appellant was convicted of attempting to possess cocaine, and was given a two…