James Robert Welch, Jr. v. Commonwealth

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Bumgardner, Clements and McClanahan Argued at Salem, Virginia JAMES ROBERT WELCH, JR. MEMORANDUM OPINION∗ BY v. Record No. 1427-04-3 JUDGE ELIZABETH A. McCLANAHAN JUNE 28, 2005 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF AUGUSTA COUNTY Thomas H. Wood, Judge Peter L. Boatner, Assistant Public Defender (Office of the Public Defender, on brief), for appellant. Leah A. Darron, Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. James Robert Welch was convicted in a bench trial for having carnal knowledge of a…