Commonwealth v. Tweed

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In this appeal of a judgment from the Court of Appeals, we consider whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing a criminal defendant’s convictions and granting the defendant a new trial based upon purported after-discovered evidence.

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Lonnie L. Tweed, Jr., was indicted by a Chesterfield County grand jury for the following offenses: the first-degree murder of James Monroe Hoover in violation of Code § 18.2-32; the use and display in a threatening manner of a firearm during the commission of murder in violation of Code § 18.2-53.1; the attempted robbery of James Hoover in violation of Code…