Waller v. Com.

685 S.E.2d 48 (2009)

James Lester WALLER

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Record No. 081920.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 5, 2009.

Curtis L. Thornhill (Glenn L. Berger; Berger & Thornhill, on brief), Altavista, for appellant.

Donald E. Jeffrey III, Senior Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, GOODWYN, and MILLETTE, JJ., and CARRICO and RUSSELL, S.JJ.

OPINION BY Senior Justice HARRY L. CARRICO.

In a bench trial held in the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania County, the defendant, James Lester Waller, was convicted of the…