Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Com.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided February 27, 2009No. Record 080919PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY Senior Justice HARRY L. CARRICO.
Tried by a jury in the Circuit Court of Alleghany County on a charge of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of Code § 18.2-248(C), the defendant, Jerry Lynn Cooper, also known as Gerald Lynn Cooper, was convicted and his sentence was fixed at ten years in the penitentiary and a fine of $10,000.00. The circuit court upheld the conviction and imposed the ten-year penitentiary sentence but suspended the $10,000.00 fine.
In an unpublished order, the Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. We granted Cooper an appeal to consider…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Stockton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
- Swisher v. Swisher & CraunSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
- Bassett v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1981
- Molina v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2006
- Com. v. CarySupreme Court of Virginia · 2006
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3Cited by54 opinions
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