Fontaine Lamont Sheppard v. Commonwealth

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Benton, Elder and Frank Argued at Chesapeake, Virginia FONTAINE LAMONT SHEPPARD MEMORANDUM OPINION* BY v. Record No. 1270-03-1 JUDGE ROBERT P. FRANK JULY 13, 2004 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH James A. Cales, Jr., Judge Charles B. Lustig, Assistant Public Defender (John H. Underwood, III, Public Defender, on brief), for appellant. Alice T. Armstrong, Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Fontaine Lamont Sheppard (appellant) was convicted in a bench trial…