Akeem Rashawn Watkins v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA PUBLISHED Present: Judges AtLee, Chaney and Lorish Argued by videoconference AKEEM RASHAWN WATKINS OPINION BY v. Record No. 1734-23-3 JUDGE LISA M. LORISH JANUARY 28, 2025 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE G. Carter Greer, Judge Fred D. Smith, Jr. (Fred D. Smith, Jr., P.C., on briefs), for appellant. Angelique Rogers, Assistant Attorney General (Jason S. Miyares, Attorney General, on briefs), for appellee. Akeem Rashawn Watkins challenges his convictions under two statutes that prohibited him from possessing a firearm,…