Butcher v. Commonwealth

PRESENT: Lemons, C.J., Goodwyn, Mims, Powell, Kelsey, and McCullough, JJ., and Koontz, S.J. CALVIN DARNELL BUTCHER OPINION BY v. Record No. 181608 JUSTICE D. ARTHUR KELSEY FEBRUARY 27, 2020 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA The trial court convicted Calvin Darnell Butcher of misdemeanor failure to stop at the scene of an accident in violation of Code § 46.2-894, commonly referred to as the hit-and-run statute. 1 The Court of Appeals affirmed Butcher’s conviction, holding that the evidence was sufficient to prove that Butcher had failed to satisfy either of two…