Paden v. Commonwealth

In this appeal of a criminal conviction, we consider whether certain evidence was properly admitted by the trial court.

Karsene Paden was charged with robbery at a Regal Cinema Theater in Hampton. He was tried, along with two codefendants, in a bench trial before the Circuit Court of the City of Hampton. The trial court found Paden guilty of the offenses charged and the Court of Appeals denied Paden’s petition for appeal by unpublished order. Paden v. Commonwealth, Record No. 2567-98-1, May 5, 1999. We awarded Paden an appeal.

Paden first objects to the admission into evidence of testimony by…