Abdullah v. Commonwealth

RANDOLPH A. BEALES, Judge.

The trial judge convicted Akili Amin Abdullah (appellant) of robbery, in violation of Code § 18.2-58, and misdemeanor assault while part of a mob, in violation of Code § 18.2-42. Appellant on appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting these convictions. For the following reasons, we reverse appellant’s robbery conviction, but affirm his misdemeanor mob assault conviction.

I. Background

On August 5, 2007, between 9:00 and 10:00 p.m., Z.B. (“the victim”) left a friend’s residence on 14th Bay Street in Norfolk and walked on Pleasant Avenue in the…