Tara Ann Baez v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Huff, Athey and Fulton PUBLISHED Argued at Lexington, Virginia TARA ANN BAEZ OPINION BY v. Record No. 0073-23-3 JUDGE JUNIUS P. FULTON, III NOVEMBER 14, 2023 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG J. Frederick Watson, Judge Samantha Offutt Thames, Senior Appellate Counsel (Virginia Indigent Defense Commission, on briefs), for appellant. David A. Stock, Assistant Attorney General (Jason S. Miyares, Attorney General; Rebecca M. Garcia, Assistant Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Following a bench trial, the…