Joseph Alfonso Papol v. Commonwealth of Virginia

KELSEY, Judge.

The trial court convicted Joseph Alfonso Papol of one count of possession of child pornography, punishable under Code § 18.2-374.1:1(A), and eleven counts of possession of child pornography, second or subsequent violations, punishable under Code § 18.2-374.1:1(B). On appeal, Papol argues the trial court should have dismissed the eleven second or subsequent counts. We disagree and affirm.

I

On appeal, we review the evidence in the “light most favorable” to the Commonwealth. Commonwealth v. Hudson, 265 Va. 505, 514, 578 S.E.2d 781, 786 (2003). This principle requires us to “discard…