Rock v. Commonwealth

McCLANAHAN, Judge.

John Davis Rock, III appeals his sentencing upon conviction of conspiracy to commit robbery. Rock contends that the trial court erred in allowing the Commonwealth to present to the jury victim impact testimony by the family of Michael Cook, who was murdered during the conspired robbery. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On appeal, we review the evidence in the “light most favorable” to the Commonwealth. Commonwealth v. Hudson, 265 Va. 505, 514, 578 S.E.2d 781, 786 (2003) (citation omitted). That principle requires us to “discard the evidence of the accused…