Miller v. Commonwealth

Opinion

KOONTZ, C.J.

Michael Eugene Miller, appellant, was convicted by a Washington County Circuit Court jury of feloniously failing to return rental property in violation of Code § 18.2-118. On appeal, he raises the following issues: (1) whether the trial court erred in failing to declare a mistrial after the jury panel observed the appellant being brought into the courtroom in shackles; (2) whether the trial court erred in denying defense’s motion to suppress the identification of appellant as the perpetrator of the offense because it was based on an unnecessarily suggestive photographic…