Young v. Commonwealth

FRANK, Judge.

A jury convicted Gregory Leon Young, appellant, of armed robbery in violation of Code § 18.2-58 and sentenced him to life in prison. On appeal, appellant contends that the trial court erred in allowing the Commonwealth to play portions of *622a videotaped confession to the jury because it contained statements of other, unrelated crimes that were inadmissible and highly prejudicial. For the reasons stated, we affirm appellant’s conviction, but vacate appellant’s life sentence and remand to the trial court for re-sentencing.

BACKGROUND

On January 21, 2004, at 3:00 p.m., a man entered the…