EDMONDSON v. COM.

Record No. 940055.

448 S.E.2d 635 (1994)

Alan Ray EDMONDSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theresa B. Berry, Virginia Beach (Samford & Berry, on brief), for appellant.

H. Elizabeth Shaffer, Asst. Atty. Gen. (James S. Gilmore, III, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


LACY, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court erred in giving a jury instruction on the use of a false name following the commission of a crime.

On July 23, 1991, jewelry and electronic equipment were taken from two homes in Virginia Beach. The homes were less than a mile apart. Later that evening, the investigating officers saw a car fitting the description of a vehicle seen leaving the scene of one of the burglaries. The car was parked...

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