Walker v. Commonwealth

Opinion

COLE, J.

The defendant, Alex Randall Walker, was convicted of sexual battery in violation of Code § 18.2-67.4. The sole issue on appeal is whether the evidence was sufficient to support this conviction. Finding that it is, we affirm.

In January 1989, seven-year-old Lakeisha Stokes was living with her mother, Juanita Stokes, and her mother’s boyfriend, the defendant. Ms. Stokes had given the defendant permission to dis*440cipline Lakeisha. Sometime between December 15, 1988 and February 2, 1989, Ms. Stokes and the defendant learned that Lakeisha and some little boys in the neighborhood were…