George Wesley Huguely, V v. Commonwealth of Virginia

BEALES, Judge.

A jury convicted George Wesley Huguely, V, of second-degree murder and grand larceny, in violation of Code §§ 18.2-32 and 18.2-95. Before this Court, Huguely now appeals only his second-degree murder conviction. 1 This Court granted the following assignments of error raised in Huguely’s petition for appeal:

I. The circuit court violated Mr. Huguely’s right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment and the Virginia Constitution by forcing him to proceed with trial in the absence of his retained counsel of choice.

II. The circuit court violated Mr. Huguely’s right to a trial by a fair…