Carter v. Commonwealth

PRESENT: All the Justices LATOYA NICOLE CARTER OPINION BY v. Record No. 201145 JUSTICE STEPHEN R. McCULLOUGH December 22, 2021 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA LaToya Carter was convicted of battering a police officer, a felony, under Code § 18.2-57(C). She contends that she should not have been convicted because she lawfully used force to expel a trespassing officer. For the reasons detailed below, we affirm her conviction. BACKGROUND On January 24, 2018, after 10:00 p.m., Officer S.C. Reed of the Lynchburg Police Department was dispatched to Carter’s home. As…