Beard v. Commonwealth

451 S.E.2d 698 (1994)

James Jerome BEARD

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Record No. 1025-93-3.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

December 13, 1994.

Lawrence D. Gott, Public Defender, for appellant.

Donald R. Curry, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. (Stephen D. Rosenthal, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: COLEMAN, KOONTZ and ELDER, JJ.

KOONTZ, Judge.

James Jerome Beard (Beard) appeals his conviction by bench trial in the Circuit Court of the City of Danville for robbery. Beard contends that the evidence was insufficient to prove robbery because the acts constituting the required element of violence or…