Carolyn D. Brandt v. Commonwealth

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Benton, McClanahan and Senior Judge Coleman Argued at Richmond, Virginia CAROLYN D. BRANDT MEMORANDUM OPINION* BY v. Record No. 2342-04-2 JUDGE SAM W. COLEMAN III MAY 2, 2006 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF HENRICO COUNTY Gary A. Hicks, Judge David B. Hargett (Hargett & Watson, PLC, on brief), for appellant. Michael T. Judge, Assistant Attorney General (Judith Williams Jagdmann, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. LEGAL HISTORY On the evening of May 21, 2003, Ronnie Brandt died of smoke inhalation from a fire in his mobile…