Legal Opinion
Noakes v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided August 18, 2009No. 0295082PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
UPON REHEARING EN BANC
BEALES, J.
Elizabeth Noakes (appellant) was convicted after a bench trial of involuntary manslaughter in the death of fifteen-month-old Noah Colassco (Noah). On appeal, appellant argues that the Commonwealth presented insufficient evidence that she acted with criminal negligence, an essential element of involuntary manslaughter. A divided panel of this Court disagreed with appellant’s argument, holding that the evidence was sufficient to prove criminal negligence. See Noakes v. Commonwealth, No. 0295-08-2, 2009 WL 62852, 2009 Va.App. LEXIS 12 (Va.Ct.App. Jan. 13, 2009).…
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