Walker v. Commonwealth

Opinion

ELDER, J.

James M. Walker, Jr., appellant, appeals from his conviction of malicious wounding with intent to maim, disfigure, disable, or kill. On appeal, appellant asserts that, because the wounding provided the element of force or intimidation necessary to sustain a prior robbery conviction, his prosecution for malicious wounding was barred. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

On March 25, 1990, appellant entered a convenience store, waited until another customer had left, then struck the lone cashier over the head with a bottle of wine. The cashier…