James v. Commonwealth

KELSEY, Judge.

The trial court convicted Darius T. James of conspiracy to commit robbery in violation of Code §§ 18.2-58 and 18.2-22. On appeal, James challenges the sufficiency of the evidence used to convict him. Finding the evidence sufficient, we affirm. 1

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On appeal, we review the evidence in the “light most favorable” to the Commonwealth. Commonwealth v. Hudson, 265 Va. 505, 514, 578 S.E.2d 781, 786 (2003). This principle requires us to “discard the evidence of the accused in conflict with that of the Commonwealth, and regard as true all the credible evidence favorable to the Commonwealth…