Commonwealth v. Oliver

By Judge Rosemarie Annunziata

The matter before the court is the Commonwealth of Virginia’s motion to consolidate the trials of two offenses charged in separate indictments against the defendant, Eugene Oliver.

The defendant is charged with threatening to burn a structure in which his wife resided and with attempted murder of his wife, the latter charge arising from the actual burning of a house in which his wife was staying. The statutes involved are Va. Code §§ 18.2-83, 18.2-32 and 18.2-26. The motion is granted for the reasons that follow.

The trial court, in its discretion, may try a…