Edward Alexander Beckford, Jr. v. Commonwealth

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Chief Judge Fitzpatrick, Judges Bray and Annunziata Argued at Alexandria, Virginia EDWARD ALEXANDER BECKFORD, JR. MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY v. Record No. 1976-99-2 JUDGE ROSEMARIE ANNUNZIATA MAY 30, 2000 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LANCASTER COUNTY Joseph E. Spruill, Jr., Judge (Robert L. Cunningham, on brief), for appellant. Appellant submitting on brief. Robert H. Anderson, III, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. On April 29, 1999, Edward Beckford and Andre Noel were tried jointly…