Ahmer Shaikh v. Commonwealth

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Benton, Bumgardner and Kelsey Argued at Alexandria, Virginia AHMER SHAIKH MEMORANDUM OPINION* BY v. Record No. 2614-03-4 JUDGE D. ARTHUR KELSEY JANUARY 25, 2005 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF FAIRFAX COUNTY David T. Stitt, Judge James G. Connell, III (Devine & Connell, P.L.C., on briefs), for appellant. Virginia B. Theisen, Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. A jury convicted the appellant, Ahmer Shaikh, of second-degree murder for participating with another in the beating and…