Commonwealth v. Jones

SENIOR JUSTICE STEPHENSON

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the evidence is sufficient to support convictions of robbery and of use of a firearm in the commission of robbery.

I

In a bench trial in the Circuit Court of the City of Hampton, Eric Cherron Jones was convicted of robbery and of use of a firearm in the commission of robbery. * Jones was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with seven years suspended, for the robbery conviction and to three years in prison for the use-of-a-firearm conviction.

In his appeal before the Court of Appeals, Jones…