Forester v. Commonwealth

Leo Franklin Forester was convicted, after a waiver of the right of trial by jury, by the Circuit Court of Prince William County of a violation of the Drug Abuse Control Act 1 and sentenced to a term of 18 months in the state penitentiary. We granted a writ of error and supersedeas.

The evidence shows that Forester stopped at a gas station in Wood- bridge, Virginia, on June 7, 1968. He engaged in a conversation with the attendant, Bruce Warren Smith, age 19, who complained about a loss of sleep and fatigue. Forester laid three capsules on the office desk where he and Smith were standing and…