Legal Opinion

Beshah v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided May 8, 2012No. 2070104PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FRANK, Judge.

Netsaneh Beshah, appellant, was convicted of four counts of forgery, in violation of Code § 18.2-172. On appeal, she contends the evidence was insufficient to prove intent to defraud and prejudice to another. Appellant also assigns error to the trial court’s disqualification of her trial counsel due to a conflict of interest, and thus, she alleges she is entitled to a new trial. For the reasons stated, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

“On appeal, ‘we review the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, granting to it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom.’ ”…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Wheat v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. United States v. Gonzalez-LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  4. Wright v. WestSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  5. Martin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1987

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3Cited by4 opinions

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  4. Mark M. Whitaker v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2019

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