BRIDGEMAN v. COM.

Record No. 0304-85.

351 S.E.2d 598 (1986)

Jimmy Lee BRIDGEMAN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

December 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard S. Via, III, Bristol, for appellant.

Margaret Poles Spencer, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Panel: KOONTZ, C.J., and COLEMAN and MOON, JJ.


COLEMAN, Judge.

Jimmy Lee Bridgeman appeals his jury trial conviction for incest, Code § 18.2-366, for which he was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Because we find the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to convict appellant of incest, we address only that issue.

The standard for review of criminal convictions requires that we consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, giving it all inferences fairly deducible...

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