Joel Rene Abalos v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Huff, Russell and Athey UNPUBLISHED Argued at Fredericksburg, Virginia JOEL RENE ABALOS MEMORANDUM OPINION* BY v. Record No. 0724-19-4 JUDGE WESLEY G. RUSSELL, JR. JANUARY 28, 2020 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY Jeffrey W. Parker, Judge Ryan David Ruzic, Deputy Public Defender, for appellant. Liam A. Curry, Assistant Attorney General (Mark R. Herring, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. A jury convicted Joel Rene Abalos, appellant, of misdemeanor domestic assault on a family member in violation of Code…