Legal Opinion

Kelly v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided February 3, 2004No. 0762034PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIS, Judge.

Kevin Christopher Kelly was convicted in a jury trial of involuntary manslaughter and felony child neglect in connection with the death of his twenty-one-month-old daughter, Frances. On appeal, he contends that the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

BACKGROUND

“On appeal, ‘we review the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, granting to it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom.’ ” Archer v. Commonwealth, 26 Va.App. 1, 11, 492 S.E.2d 826, 831 (1997) (citation omitted).

On May 29, 2002, at…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Archer v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1997
  2. Ohree v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1998
  3. Campbell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1991
  4. Neal v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1992
  5. Bell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1938

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Wood v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2010
  2. Jones v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2006
  3. State v. ThompsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2007
  4. Kaniesha Shatae Hannon v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2017
  5. Joseph John Melick v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2018

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