Criminal – Drug Conspiracy – Jury Instruction – Accommodation Defense 
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Published: June 30, 2010
Tags: Criminal, Judge William G. Petty, Virginia Court of Appeals
At defendant’s trial on multiple counts of drug conspiracy and distribution, the trial court did not err in declining to instruct the jury on the lesser punishment of distribution for accommodation because defendant claimed she was simply doing a favor for her cousin, and the Court of Appeals affirms defendant’s drug convictions.
The accommodation defense, ...
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