Byers v. Commonwealth

ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Appellant, Michael Augustus Byers, was convicted of two counts of robbery and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of robbery. Appellant contends the evidence was insufficient to sustain one of the firearm convictions under Code § 18.2-58.1. We disagree and affirm the conviction.

I

Upon familiar principles, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, granting to it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom. Higginbotham v. Commonwealth, 216 Va. 349, 352, 218 S.E.2d 534, 537 (1975).

On April 21,1993, at approximately 4:05 a.m.,…