Legal Opinion

Ellis v. Com.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 4, 2011No. 100506PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

706 S.E.2d 849 (2011)

Cordero Bernard ELLIS

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Record No. 100506.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 4, 2011.

Stephanie S. Miller, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Erin M. Kulpa, Assistant Attorney General (Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: KINSER, C.J., LEMONS, GOODWYN, MILLETTE, and MIMS, JJ., and KOONTZ, S.J.[*]

OPINION BY Senior Justice LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR.

In this appeal, the principal issue we consider is whether, in order to prove a violation of Code § 18.2-279, which makes it a criminal offense to discharge a firearm…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Schmitt v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2000
  2. Rowe v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2009
  3. Hamilton v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2010
  4. Dowdy v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1979
  5. Fleming v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1991

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3Cited by15 opinions

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