Legal Opinion
Walker v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided June 17, 1997No. 2948952PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OVERTON, Judge.
Robert Mack Walker was convicted by a jury of forgery, uttering, grand larceny, and two counts of robbery. He appeals, claiming that (1) the evidence is insufficient to support the convictions for forgery, uttering, grand larceny, and robbery; and (2) he should have been granted a proffered *56instruction informing the jury that parole has been abolished in Virginia.
I. Facts
On August 7, 1995, just before midnight, Mary Person and her aunt were stopped at a Race Trac Gas Station off Midlothian Turnpike in southside Richmond. When Person was getting back into her car and about to…
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