Legal Opinion
Tizon v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided April 3, 2012No. 1967104PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELSEY, Judge.
A jury convicted Maria De Las Mercedes Tizón of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. On appeal, Tizón challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, the denial of her mistrial and suppression motions, and two jury instructions. Finding none of Tizon’s challenges persuasive, we affirm her convictions.
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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…
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