Abney v. Commonwealth

McCLANAHAN, Judge.

A jury convicted Wilbert Abney, Jr., of first-degree murder (Code § 18.2-32). On appeal, Abney contends the trial court committed reversible error in admitting certain evidence in violation of the hearsay rule and/or his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses. For the following reasons, we affirm Abney’s conviction.

I. BACKGROUND

On appeal, we review the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, as the prevailing party at trial. Commonwealth v. Hudson, 265 Va. 505, 514, 578 S.E.2d 781, 786 (2003). That principle requires us to “discard the evidence of the…