Folson v. Commonwealth

ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Arlington County, appellant, Gregory Robert Folson, was convicted of grand larceny from the person and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. On appeal, appellant argues that the trial court’s sentencing order should be reversed and that the case should be remanded for a new sentencing hearing because the trial court admitted improper evidence of his prior convictions. We disagree and affirm the sentence of the trial court.

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Attempting to present appellant’s prior convictions at the sentencing phase of his trial, the Commonwealth…