Legal Opinion
Graves v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided November 29, 1995No. Record 0089-94-1PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIS, Judge.
On appeal from his conviction of grand larceny from the person, Delano Leroy Graves contends the trial court erred in reducing the original robbery charge to grand larceny from the person. We agree and reverse the judgment of the trial court.
On August 25,1992, while robbing the Open House Diner in Newport News, Graves snatched a twenty dollar bill out of the hand of Richard Epes McMurran, Jr., a customer. He was charged with robbing McMurran. The indictment specified:
On or about the 25th day of August, 1992, in the City of Newport News, DELANO LEROY GRAVES feloniously did rob…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Mason v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1958
- Jones v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1978
- Jones v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1986
- Crump v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1991
- Garland v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1994
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