James Dillingham v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Elder, Petty and Alston Argued at Chesapeake, Virginia JAMES DILLINGHAM MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY v. Record No. 0373-10-1 JUDGE ROSSIE D. ALSTON, JR. MAY 24, 2011 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS H. Vincent Conway, Jr., Judge Charles E. Haden for appellant. Eugene Murphy, Senior Assistant Attorney General (Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II, Attorney General, on brief), for appel1ee. James Dillingham (appellant) appeals his convictions for forcible sodomy in violation of Code § 18.2-67.1, rape in violation of Code §…