James Artis v. Commonwealth

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Benton, Elder and Senior Judge Coleman Argued at Chesapeake, Virginia JAMES ARTIS MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY v. Record No. 3259-01-1 JUDGE LARRY G. ELDER DECEMBER 17, 2002 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH James A. Cales, Jr., Judge Charles B. Lustig, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Kathleen B. Martin, Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. James Artis (appellant) appeals from his bench trial conviction for use of a firearm in the commission of robbery…