Williams v. Commonwealth

Opinion

BAKER, J.

Maurice Darvonne Williams (appellant) appeals from judgments of the Circuit Court of Arlington County (trial court) that approved jury verdicts convicting him of second degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of that felony. He contends that the trial court erroneously declined to set aside the verdicts and improperly admitted into evidence a letter he allegedly wrote. For those reasons, he argues that the judgments should be reversed and a new trial ordered. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

Upon familiar principles, we state…