Commonwealth v. Bass

PRESENT: All the Justices COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA OPINION BY v. Record No. 151163 JUSTICE WILLIAM C. MIMS June 2, 2016 JAYVON LARTAY BASS FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA In this appeal, we consider whether the Court of Appeals misapplied the ends of justice exception to Rule 5A:18 and erroneously reversed the defendant’s conviction due to a variance between the indictments and the evidence presented at trial. We also consider whether the Court of Appeals erred when it declined to address the defendant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the Commonwealth’s evidence after reversing the…