Legal Opinion

Gurganus v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided April 20, 1999No. Record No. 2766-97-1PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRAY, Judge.

Derek Wayne Gurganus (defendant) was convicted in a jury trial for statutory burglary and grand larceny, violations of Code §§ 18.2-91 and -95, respectively. He complains on appeal that the trial court erroneously admitted into evidence ■ a prior consistent statement given to police by a Commonwealth witness. Finding no error, we affirm the convictions.

Under familiar principles of appellate review, we examine the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, granting to it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom. See Martin v. Commonwealth, 4 Va.App. 438,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Martin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1987
  2. Blain v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1988
  3. United States v. Bernard Douglas HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
  4. Smith v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1990
  5. Faison v. HudsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1992

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Derek Wayne Gurganus v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1999
  2. Gurganus v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1999

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