Stevens v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BRAY, J.
Lewis Oliver Stevens (defendant) was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and sentenced to ten years imprison ment, with five years suspended. On appeal, he contends that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, and (2) his conviction was barred by the trial court’s previous acceptance of his guilty pleas to other charges which arose from the same sequence of events. We disagree and affirm the conviction.
Under familiar principles of appellate review, we examine the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, granting to it all reasonable…
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