Hancock v. Commonwealth

*776Opinion

COLEMAN, J.

On July 11, 1987, Kennedy Fitzgerald Hancock and three companions robbed the people attending a turkey shoot at a clubhouse in Chesterfield County. At his bench trial, Hancock pled guilty to three counts each of armed robbery and use of a firearm during a robbery. Code §§ 18.2-58 and 18.2-53.1. He was also found guilty of arson, Code § 18.2-79, and three counts of attempted capital murder by arson, Code §§ 18.2-25 and 18.2-31(d).1 On appeal, Hancock claims the Commonwealth did not prove the arson charge beyond a reasonable doubt. He also assigns several errors to his…