Evans v. Commonwealth

PRESENT: Lemons, C.J., Goodwyn, Mims, Powell, Kelsey, and McCullough, JJ., and Millette, S.J. RAEQUAN EVANS, s/k/a RAEQUAN D. EVANS v. Record No. 190846 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA OPINION BY JUSTICE STEPHEN R. McCULLOUGH and December 3, 2020 MARIAH LESLIE CONWAY v. Record No. 190898 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA In these consolidated appeals, we must determine whether Code § 19.2-294 precludes convictions for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon when the defendants were convicted in prior prosecutions of carrying a concealed weapon. We take this…