Brandon Alan McCarthy v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Huff, AtLee and Malveaux PUBLISHED Argued by videoconference BRANDON ALAN McCARTHY OPINION BY v. Record No. 1225-20-1 JUDGE GLEN A. HUFF NOVEMBER 9, 2021 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF CHESAPEAKE Marjorie T. Arrington, Judge1 Erik A. Mussoni, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Leanna C. Minix, Assistant Attorney General (Mark R. Herring, Attorney General, on briefs), for appellee. Brandon Alan McCarthy (“appellant”) was convicted in the Chesapeake Circuit Court (the “trial court”) for possessing heroin in…