Jack Stanley Evans, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia

HALEY, Judge.

To grant this Court active jurisdiction, Rule 5A:6 requires the notice of appeal to identify the case being appealed. The question here for resolution is whether the notice of appeal sufficiently identified the matter being appealed to grant this Court such jurisdiction.

I

The facts may be concisely stated.

In a consolidated trial, a jury convicted Jack Stanley Evans, Jr. of felony failure to appear, designated Case No. CR10009891-00, in violation of Code § 19.2-128, and of perjury, designated Case No. CR11009957-01, in violation of Code § 18.2-434. The two indictments charged…