Hodges v. Commonwealth

492 S.E.2d 846 (1997)

26 Va. App. 43

Antonio HODGES

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Record No. 2116-94-2.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

November 18, 1997.

Jerry C. Lyell, Arlington, for appellant.

John H. McLees, Jr., Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: BENTON, ANNUNZIATA and OVERTON, JJ.

ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Following a jury trial, appellant, Antonio Hodges, was convicted of rape and armed burglary. To prove its case, the Commonwealth relied largely on an apparent match between the rapist's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and that of…