Andrews v. Commonwealth

Defendant, Dawson Andrews, Jr., was indicted for possession of heroin with intent to distribute. The court below, sitting without a jury, convicted him of possession of heroin and sentenced him to five years in the State penitentiary.

Defendant contends that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, and (2) the trial court erred in admitting certain evidence because the evidence was obtained by an illegal search warrant.

The evidence shows that on March 6, 1974, Detective H. W. Scott, of the Norfolk Police Department’s narcotics squad, received information from a reliable…