Hale v. Commonwealth

BAKER, Judge.

Wilburn Junior Hale (appellant) appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Lee County (trial court) that approved his jury trial convictions of improper driving in violation of Code § 46.2-869 and possession of alcohol by a person under the age of twenty-one in violation of Code § 4.1-305. Appellant argues that the evidence is insufficient to support either conviction.

Upon familiar principles, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, granting to it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom. Higginbotham v. Commonwealth, 216 Va. 349,…