Legal Opinion

Alexander J. Dennos, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided March 11, 2014No. 0635131PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KELSEY, Judge.

The trial court convicted Alexander J. Dennos, Jr., of two counts of construction fraud, in violation of Code § 18.2-200.1. On appeal, Dennos claims that the evidence was insufficient to find him guilty and that the single-larceny doctrine required the court to merge the charges into a single count. Disagreeing with both assertions, we affirm.

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On appeal, we review the evidence in the “light most favorable” to the Commonwealth. Commonwealth v. Hudson, 265 Va. 505, 514, 578 S.E.2d 781, 786 (2003). This principle requires us to “discard the evidence of the accused in conflict with…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Cavazos v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  3. Coleman v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  4. Commonwealth v. HudsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 2003
  5. Parks v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1980

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Tina Marie Bryant v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2017
  2. Cheresa D. Young v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2018
  3. Jerneil Leslie Moody v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2017
  4. Paula Jo Smith v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2020
  5. Shoemaker v. FunkhouserSupreme Court of Virginia · 2021

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