Stevens v. Commonwealth

CLEMENTS, Judge.

George Linwood Stevens, Jr., was convicted in a bench trial of attempted capital murder of a police officer, in violation of Code §§ 18.2-25 and 18.2-31C6). 1 On appeal, he contends the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction because the Commonwealth failed to prove he had the requisite specific intent to Mil a law-enforcement officer. We disagree and affirm the conviction.

I. BACKGROUND

On January 26,1999, at approximately 10:25 a.m., Richmond Police Officer Steve Hines was in uniform on patrol on a marked police motorcycle when he observed Stevens driving a black…