Latasha Michelle Gordon v. Commonwealth of Virginia

FELTON, Chief Judge.

Latasha Michelle Gordon (“appellant”) appeals two convictions of unlawful wounding, in violation of Code § 18.2-51, following a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Richmond County (“trial court”). She asserts that the trial court erred by imposing separate ten-year sentences for each conviction of unlawful wounding. She notes that the maximum sentence permitted by statute for unlawful wounding, a Class 6 felony, is five years’ incarceration. Code § 18.2-10(f).

I. BACKGROUND

Appellant lived with Harrison Veney (“Harrison”) in Richmond County. On September 3, 2011, she and…