Sanchez v. Commonwealth

ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Sheila Sanchez appeals her conviction for carjacking by the Circuit Court of Arlington County on October 14, 1998, on the ground that the trial court erred in denying her proposed jury instruction for assault and battery as a lesser-included offense of carjacking. In this matter of first impression, we find no error and affirm the conviction.

FACTS

Early in the morning of June 20, 1998, taxi driver Sallu Fallah was driving Sanchez and a companion, Jeffrey Manley, to various destinations in Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia. Sanchez sat beside Fallah on the front seat of…