This podcast is provided by Ben Glass and Steve Emmert   www.BenGlassReferrals.com - www.Virginia-Appeals.com Granted Appeal Summary Case TALIK R. KING, S/K/A TALIK RASHAUN KING v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA (Record Number 190424) From The Court of Appeals of Virginia. Counsel Sante John Piracci (Lee & Piracci, PLC) for appellant. Kenneth A. Blalock (Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney) for appellee. Assignment of Error The judge could not have found that the Commonwealth proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the Defendant knowingly or intentionally possessed a controlled substance where the only evidence linking the Defendant to the contraband was the Defendant’s recent occupancy of a vehicle and where the Commonwealth produced no evidence that the Defendant knew what marijuana smelled like. Source Document: http://www.courts.state.va.us/courts/scv/appeals/190424.pdf