Michael Ryan Bruton v. Commonwealth of Virginia

ROSSIE D. ALSTON, JR., Judge.

On appeal from his convictions of two counts of credit card fraud, Michael Ryan Bruton (appellant) contends that the trial court erred by failing to grant his motion for a mistrial. Appellant asserts that a mistrial was warranted because the trial court improperly informed the jury, during the sentencing phase, that appellant would receive a credit against his sentence for the time he had been incarcerated while awaiting trial. Finding no error, we affirm the trial court.

BACKGROUND

Appellant was tried by a jury on indictments charging one count of credit card…