Boone v. Commonwealth

PRESENT: All the Justices LONNIE LORENZO BOONE OPINION BY v. Record No. 121144 JUSTICE WILLIAM C. MIMS April 18, 2013 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA In this appeal, we consider whether Code § 18.2-308.2(A) limits the number of convictions the Commonwealth may prove in a trial upon an indictment charging possession of a firearm by a person previously convicted of a violent felony. I. BACKGROUND AND MATERIAL PROCEEDINGS BELOW Lonnie Lorenzo Boone was indicted upon a charge of knowingly and intentionally possessing or transporting a firearm after having previously…