Legal Opinion

Person v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided March 13, 1990No. Record No. 0688-88-1PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

KOONTZ, C.J.

In a trial by jury, Vincent Person, appellant, was convicted of abduction, robbery, malicious wounding, unauthorized use of an automobile and attempted robbery. On appeal, Person argues that the trial court erred by overruling his motion to set aside the jury’s verdict on the robbery charge based on insufficiency of evidence. We find the evidence was sufficient to support the jury’s verdict, and therefore, the trial court did not err by overruling Person’s motion.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, Beck v. Commonwealth, 2 Va. App. 170, 172, 342 S.E.2d…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Higginbotham v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1975
  2. Bunch v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
  3. Briley v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1980
  4. Williams v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
  5. Durham v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1973

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Lebedun v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1998
  2. Bell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1996
  3. Saunders v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1994
  4. Spencer v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2004
  5. Hinton v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1992

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