Hughes v. Commonwealth

JOHANNA L. FITZPATRICK, Chief Judge.

A jury convicted Daniel Covington Hughes (“appellant”), a juvenile certified to the circuit court pursuant to Code § 16.1-269.1(C) on the charge of malicious wounding in violation of Code § 18.2-51, of unlawful wounding, a lesser-included offense. 1 The trial court sentenced appellant to commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice for an indefinite period of time not to exceed his twenty-first birthday. On appeal, appellant contends that: (1) the trial court had no jurisdiction to sentence him because he was convicted of a lesser-included offense and…