Rose v. Com.

HASSELL, Chief Justice.

I

In this appeal of a criminal conviction, we consider whether the Commonwealth was entitled to present evidence of a defendant's prior criminal acts to establish that he was the perpetrator of the charged crimes.

*455 II.

A grand jury in the Circuit Court of the County of Wise and the City of Norton indicted Harless Fitzgerald Rose for the capital murder of Timothy Dale Hughes in the commission of robbery or attempted robbery in violation of Code § 18.2-31, robbery in violation of Code § 18.2-58, and use of a firearm during the commission of a robbery or attempted robbery in…