Jones v. Commonwealth

BAKER, Judge.

Nathaniel Jones (appellant) appeals from his bench trial convictions by the Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk (trial court) for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm while in possession of cocaine. Appellant contends the trial court erroneously denied his motion to suppress evidence of the cocaine and firearm seized by the police from appellant’s apartment during a warrantless entry therein. We granted a writ on the single issue of whether it was objectively reasonable for a police officer assisting at the scene of an apartment fire to…