Eugene Word v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Humphreys, Petty and Alston Argued at Richmond, Virginia EUGENE WORD MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY v. Record No. 2660-07-3 JUDGE WILLIAM G. PETTY JULY 21, 2009 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE G. Carter Greer, Judge Joseph A. Sadighian, Senior Assistant Appellate Defender (Office of the Appellate Defender, on brief), for appellant. Benjamin H. Katz, Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Following a bench trial, the trial court convicted appellant, Eugene Word, of…