Legal Opinion

Hilton v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided April 13, 2017No. Record 160458PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY JUSTICE ELIZABETH A. McCLANAHAN

A jury convicted Tavon Hilton of carjacking and use of a firearm in the commission of carjacking, along with robbery, attempted robbery, attempted malicious wounding and three other counts of using a firearm in the commission of these felonies. On appeal, Hilton contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to strike the Commonwealth's evidence as insufficient to sustain the carjacking and related firearm convictions. He also contends *783 the trial court erred in refusing his proffered jury instruction on carjacking. Finding no error, we affirm…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. LeVasseur v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
  3. Stockton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
  4. Williams v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2009
  5. Vasquez v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2016

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Andy Chavez v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2018
  2. Dietz v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2017
  3. Secret v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2018
  4. Graves v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2017
  5. Commonwealth v. MurgiaSupreme Court of Virginia · 2019

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