Byers v. Commonwealth

474 S.E.2d 852 (1996)

23 Va. App. 146

Michael Augustus BYERS

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Record No. 1241-95-1.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Norfolk.

September 10, 1996.

Rex V. Sparks (Kenneth E. Hildebrand, on brief), Virginia Beach, for appellant.

Marla Graff Decker, Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: BAKER, ANNUNZIATA, JJ., and HODGES, Senior Judge.

ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Appellant, Michael Augustus Byers, was convicted of two counts of robbery and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of robbery. Appellant contends the…