Johnny Wayne LaForce v. Commonwealth

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Elder, Bray and Fitzpatrick Argued at Salem, Virginia JOHNNY WAYNE LAFORCE MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY v. Record No. 1557-96-3 JUDGE RICHARD S. BRAY MAY 6, 1997 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF DICKENSON COUNTY Donald A. McGlothlin, Jr., Judge Joe H. Short for appellant. Thomas D. Bagwell, Senior Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Johnny Wayne LaForce (defendant) was convicted by a jury for possession of a firearm by a felon and maliciously shooting at an occupied vehicle. On…