Legal Opinion
Gaines v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided January 14, 2003No. 0839011PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion
UPON A REHEARING EN BANC
BUMGARDNER, Judge.
A jury convicted Christopher Charles Gaines of manslaughter on an indictment for first degree murder. It also convicted him of the use of a firearm while committing murder. The defendant only appealed his conviction of the firearm charge, which a divided panel of this Court reversed. Gaines v. Commonwealth, 38 Va.App. 326, 563 S.E.2d 410 (2002). We granted the Commonwealth a rehearing en bane and stayed the mandate of that decision. Upon rehearing en banc, we affirm the conviction.
The murder and firearm charges arose from a dispute that began when the…
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