Barnes v. Commonwealth

KELSEY, Judge.

The trial court convicted Arteshia S. Barnes of two counts of child endangerment in violation of Code § 40.1-103(A). Barnes appeals, arguing the evidence was insufficient to prove she acted with criminal negligence. Finding the evidence sufficient, we affirm.

I

On appeal, we review the evidence in the “light most favorable” to the Commonwealth. Commonwealth v. Hudson, 265 Va. 505, 514, 578 S.E.2d 781, 786 (2003). That principle requires us to “discard the evidence of the accused in conflict with that of the Commonwealth, and regard as true all the credible evidence favorable to…