Yates v. Commonwealth

355 S.E.2d 14 (1987)

Kenneth Michael YATES

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Record No. 0048-84.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 7, 1987.

Ned M. Mikula (Rudy, Gill, Keown, Dicks, Evans, & Mikula, Chesterfield, on brief), for appellant.

W. Mark Dunn, Asst. Atty. Gen. (William G. Broaddus, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: BENTON, COLE and KEENAN, JJ.

KEENAN, Judge.

Michael Yates appeals from convictions of robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He contends that the evidence was insufficient to convict him and that the trial court applied an erroneous standard of proof to…