Juan Carlos Reyes v. Commonwealth of Virginia

Following a jury trial, Juan Carlos Reyes (“appellant”) was convicted of aggravated malicious wounding in violation of Code § 18.2-51.2 and malicious wounding as a member of a mob in violation of Code § 18.2-41. The court imposed the jury’s recommended sentence of twenty years of incarceration for the aggravated malicious wounding and an additional five years of incarceration for malicious wounding as a member of a mob. Appellant asserts that his Sixth Amendment right was violated when the trial court prevented his co-defendant, Marcus Guevara, from testifying in appellant’s favor.

BACKGROUND

On…