Graves v. Commonwealth

I dissent from the majority opinion for three reasons: First, the trial court should have directed a verdict in favor of appellant Thomas as to his charge of complicity to trafficking in cocaine. Second, the trial court’s improper commingling of the crimes of trafficking in cocaine and wanton murder in the jury instruction under which all three appellants were convicted of wanton murder requires reversal of those convictions. Third, appellant Graves’s conviction for complicity to trafficking in cocaine should be reversed and remanded for a new trial because the trial court wrongfully allowed…