Gene Anthony Brown v. Commonwealth of Virginia

GLEN A. HUFF, Judge.

Gene Anthony Brown (“appellant”) appeals his convictions of first-degree murder, in violation of Code § 18.2-32, use of a firearm in the commission of first-degree murder, in violation of Code § 18.2-53.1, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of Code § 18.2-308.2. Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of the City of Roanoke (“trial court”), appellant was sentenced to a total of forty three years’ incarceration in the Department of Corrections. On appeal, appellant first argues that “[t]he trial court erred by wrongfully removing juror [M.B.]…