Commonwealth v. Donkor

Kofi Donkor was convicted by a jury of aggravated malicious wounding in violation of Code § 18.2-51.2. The Court of Appeals reversed his conviction finding that the trial court erred in refusing to grant Donkor’s request for a jury instruction on the lesser-included offense of malicious wounding. Donkor v. Commonwealth, 26 Va. App. 325, 494 S.E.2d 497 (1998). Because we conclude that there was no evidence to support Donkor’s requested instruction, we will reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals and reinstate the conviction.

Donkor “fronted” $200 worth of crack cocaine to Domonic Brown.…