Tinesha L. Bert v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Chief Judge Felton, Judge Elder and Senior Judge Willis Argued at Chesapeake, Virginia TINESHA L. BERT MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY v. Record No. 1499-10-1 CHIEF JUDGE WALTER S. FELTON, JR. OCTOBER 18, 2011 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH E. Preston Grissom, Judge Brenda C. Spry (Office of the Public Defender, on brief), for appellant. John W. Blanton, Assistant Attorney General (Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II, Attorney General; Alice T. Armstrong, Assistant Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Following a bench…