Legal Opinion

Mercer v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided March 23, 1999No. 2663971PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAKER, Judge.

Jessie Lamont Mercer, also known as Tony Horice Davis, (appellant) appeals from his conviction by the Circuit Court of the City of Virginia Beach (trial court) for violating Code § 18.2-94. The sole issue, presented is whether the evidence was sufficient to find him guilty of that offense. Finding the evidence sufficient, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Under familiar principles of appellate review, we examine the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, granting to it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom. See Martin v. Commonwealth, 4…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Martin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1987
  2. Coleman v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
  3. Long v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1989
  4. Hamilton v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1993
  5. Burnette v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1953

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Williams v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2007
  2. Edwards v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2008
  3. Edwards v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2009
  4. Donny Lynn Sprouse, Jr, s/k/a,, etc v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2002
  5. Edwards v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2009

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