Alisha Renee Merritt v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Humphreys, Decker and Russell Argued at Arlington, Virginia PUBLISHED ALISHA RENEE MERRITT OPINION BY v. Record No. 1804-17-4 JUDGE WESLEY G. RUSSELL, JR. NOVEMBER 13, 2018 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PAGE COUNTY Clarke A. Ritchie, Judge Richard G. Morgan for appellant. Aaron J. Campbell, Assistant Attorney General (Mark R. Herring, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Alisha Renee Merritt was convicted of failure to appear in violation of Code § 19.2-128. As she did in the trial court, she argues on appeal that the…