In Re: Hargrove

PRESENT: All the Justices IN RE: COREY HARGROVE, A/K/A COREY JERMAINE HARGROVE, PETITIONER OPINION BY Record No. 240316 JUSTICE THOMAS P. MANN DECEMBER 18, 2025 UPON A PETITION FOR A WRIT OF ACTUAL INNOCENCE In 1991, a jury found Corey Hargrove guilty of the rape, sexual abuse, and abduction of Saphonia Woolridge. The circuit court sentenced Hargrove to 50 years’ imprisonment. Over three decades later, Hargrove petitions this Court for a writ of actual innocence under Code § 19.2-327.2 et seq. He contends that his innocence is established by the absence of his DNA from the victim’s underwear,…