Fritter v. Commonwealth

CLEMENTS, Judge.

Joshua Fritter (appellant) was convicted in a jury trial of perjury, in violation of Code § 18.2-434. On appeal, he contends the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction because (1) his allegedly perjurious statement was not material and (2) the Commonwealth did not satisfy the “two witness” rule. Finding no error, we affirm appellant’s conviction.

I. BACKGROUND

“Under familiar principles of appellate review, we view the evidence and all reasonable inferences fairly deducible from that evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the party that prevailed…