Cook v. Commonwealth

Opinion

BARROW, J.

This is an appeal of three convictions of third-offense concealment arising from a jury verdict. The defendant contends that the trial court erred (1) in refusing to sever the three offenses for trial; (2) in admitting into evidence certified copies of conviction orders showing that a person with his name and birth date had previously been convicted of concealment; and (3) in admitting into evidence a “mug shot” of an accomplice. We conclude that the trial court did not err and affirm the convictions.

All three offenses occurred in Virginia Beach. They occurred about thirty…