Robert James Ward v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Chief Judge Felton, Judges Elder and Alston Argued at Richmond, Virginia ROBERT JAMES WARD MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY v. Record No. 0071-10-2 CHIEF JUDGE WALTER S. FELTON, JR. MARCH 8, 2011 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY David H. Beck, Judge Ronald Hur, Assistant Public Defender (Office of the Public Defender, on brief), for appellant. Josephine F. Whalen, Assistant Attorney General II (Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Following a bench trial, Robert James Ward (“appellant”) was…