Rushing v. Commonwealth

KELSEY, Judge.

A jury convicted Christian Lee Rushing of participating in a criminal street gang in violation of Code § 18.2-46.2(A). On appeal, Rushing asserts a single assignment of error challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and requesting we reverse his conviction and dismiss the charge. Finding the evidence sufficient, we affirm.

I

On appeal, we review the evidence in the “light most favorable” to the Commonwealth. Commonwealth v. Hudson, 265 Va. 505, 514, 578 S.E.2d 781, 786 (2003). This principle requires us to “discard the evidence of the accused in conflict with that of the…