Legal Opinion

Stevens v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided March 31, 1992No. Record No. 1598-90-2PublishedCited by 20 opinions

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…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Grady v. CorbinSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. Jeffers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Martin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1987
  5. Wright v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. United States v. Andrew Scott Morin, A/K/A Scott Morris, United States of America v. Andrew Scott Morin, A/K/A Scott MorrisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
  2. Schwartz v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2005
  3. Conrad v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1999
  4. Gray v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2000
  5. Rea v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1992

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