Legal Opinion

Siquina v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided December 22, 1998No. 2611974PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Diego Cotoc Siquina (“appellant”) was convicted of taking indecent liberties with a child and attempted rape. Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence as to both convictions. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Under familiar principles, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the party prevailing below, granting to it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom. Clifton v. Commonwealth, 22 Va.App. 178, 180, 468 S.E.2d 155, 156 (1996). We will not reverse the judgment of the trial court unless it is plainly wrong or…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Webb v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1963
  2. Ridley v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1979
  3. Banovitch v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1954
  4. Wicks v. City of CharlottesvilleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1974
  5. Hart v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. State v. BryanSupreme Court of Kansas · 2006
  2. Towler v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2011
  3. Parsons v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2000
  4. Moses v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2005
  5. Claude Davis v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2015

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