David Smith v. Commonwealth of Virginia

KELSEY, Judge.

David Smith pled guilty to forcible sodomy and abduction with the intent to defile. He conditioned his plea upon preserving a right to appeal from the trial court’s denial of his pretrial motion, which sought to suppress the victim’s identification of him in a photographic array. Because the trial court did not err by denying Smith’s motion, we affirm his convictions.

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When reviewing a denial of a suppression motion, we review the evidence “in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, giving it the benefit of any reasonable inferences.” Glenn v. Commonwealth, 49 Va.App. 413,…