Jordan v. Commonwealth

ROBERT P. FRANK, Judge.

Roderick Jordan, appellant, was convicted, by a jury, of one count of attempted capital murder, in violation of Code §§ 18.2-31 and 18.2-26. On appeal, appellant contends that the trial court did not properly instruct the jury on the elements of the offense of attempted capital murder, in that the trial court’s finding instruction did not include the element of specific intent to kill. For the following reasons, we affirm appellant’s conviction.

BACKGROUND

On January 14, 2005, appellant exchanged gunfire with Fairfax County Police Officer Lance Guckenberger during the…