Legal Opinion
Randolph v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided March 11, 1997No. 1383954PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FITZPATRICK, Judge.
Richard Lawrence Randolph (appellant) was convicted in a joint jury trial of grand larceny, credit card theft, and conspiracy to commit a felony. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred in: (1) admitting the hearsay statement of a codefendant and (2) refusing to sever his trial from that of the other defendants. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.
I. BACKGROUND
On July 24, 1994, Sergeant Kenneth Hutton (Hutton) of the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority (MWAA) was on pickpocket detail at National Airport. At 7:10 p.m., he saw…
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