# Scott v. Commonwealth

> Court of Appeals of Virginia · November 17, 2009 · 55 Va. App. 166

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9524699

## Case

- **Full name:** William Lee SCOTT v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia
- **Court:** Court of Appeals of Virginia
- **Decided:** November 17, 2009
- **Citations:** 55 Va. App. 166; 684 S.E.2d 833; 2009 Va. App. LEXIS 513
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Elder
- **Judges:** Felton, Elder, Frank, Humphreys, Kelsey, McClanahan, Haley, Petty, Beales, Powell, Alston
- **Cited by:** 27 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting that when considering whether the defendant possessed multiple types of drugs with intent to distribute, his “assertion that he uses one type of drug, contrasted with his silence regarding the use of the other type ‘undermine[ed] [the defendant]’s argument that personal…
- applying the same logic to a defendant’s “silence regarding the use” of the drug he was charged with possessing with an intent to distribute

## Opinion text

ELDER, J.,
dissenting.
I dissent for the reasons set forth in the June 2, 2009 majority memorandum opinion of the panel. See Scott v. Commonwealth, No. 1482-08-2, 2009 WL 1514503 , 2009 Va.App. LEXIS 251 (Va. Ct.App. June 2, 2009).

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