Argenbright v. Commonwealth

ALSTON, Judge.

In April 2009, Calvin Lee Argenbright, Jr. (appellant), was convicted in a jury trial of uttering a forged writing, in violation of Code § 18.2-172, and obtaining money by false pretenses, in violation of Code § 18.2-178. On appeal, appellant argues that the trial court abused its discretion by excluding the testimony of all of his proffered character witnesses. We hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding the character evidence proffered by appellant. Therefore, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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