Morgan v. Commonwealth

FELTON, JR., Judge.

A jury convicted William Allen Morgan (appellant) of malicious wounding in violation of Code § 18.2-51 and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony in violation of Code § 18.2-53.1. On appeal, he contends the trial court erred in granting the Commonwealth’s motion in limine, precluding him from presenting a “settled insanity” defense, and in “granting the Commonwealth’s proposed jury instructions and refusing [his] proposed instructions as to the allocation of the burden of proof with respect to [his alternate] insanity defense.” Finding no error, we affirm…