Legal Opinion

Moss v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided January 19, 1999No. 2341972PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRAY, Judge.

John Ray Moss (defendant) was convicted in a bench trial of possession of. certain tools, specifically, stolen keys, “with intent to commit burglary, robbery or larceny,” in violation of Code § 18.2-94. On appeal, defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to prove the offense. Finding no error, we affirm the conviction.

When the sufficiency of the evidence is challenged on appeal, we view the record “in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth and give it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom.” Higginbotham v. Commonwealth, 216 Va. 349, 352, 218 S.E.2d…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Higginbotham v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1975
  2. Burnette v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1953

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Mercer v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1999
  2. Williams v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2007
  3. Hagy v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2001
  4. State v. BrownHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 2001
  5. Edwards v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2008

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