Legal Opinion

Carter v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided September 1, 2009No. 0203082PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ELIZABETH A. McCLANAHAN, Judge.

Jack Edward Carter appeals his conviction for grand larceny and argues the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. We disagree and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

I. STANDARD OF REVIEW

“On review of a challenge to its sufficiency, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the party prevailing below, and grant to it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom.” Nolen v. Commonwealth, 53 Va.App. 593, 595, 673 S.E.2d 920, 921 (2009). “Sufficiency-of-the-evidence review involves assessment by the courts of…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. United States v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. People v. DavisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
  4. Clanton v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2009
  5. Jones v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2009

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Carter v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2010
  2. Marsh v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2011
  3. Carter v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2009
  4. Marsh v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2011
  5. Robert Ray Crouch v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2014

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