Muluken Wubneh v. Commonwealth of Virginia

McCLANAHAN, Judge.

A jury convicted Muluken Wubneh of robbery, in violation of Code § 18.2-58, and use of a firearm during the commission of a robbery, in violation of Code § 18.2-53.1. 1 On appeal, Wubneh contends the trial court erred in instructing the jury as to the definition of the term “firearm” in Code § 18.2-53.1. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

BACKGROUND

On appeal, the facts in this case are viewed in the “light most favorable” to the Commonwealth. Commonwealth v. Hudson, 265 Va. 505, 514, 578 S.E.2d 781, 786 (2003). Exiting a taxicab, Wubneh…