COM. v. DONKOR

Record No. 980259.

507 S.E.2d 75 (1998)

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia v. Kofi DONKOR, a/k/a Rashaan White.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Judge, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellant.

David B. Hargett (Joseph D. Morrissey; Morrissey, Hershner & Jacobs, on brief), Richmond, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


LACY, Justice.

Kofi Donkor was convicted by a jury of aggravated malicious wounding in violation of Code § 18.2-51.2. The Court of Appeals reversed his conviction finding that the trial court erred in refusing to grant Donkor's request for a jury instruction on the lesser-included offense of malicious wounding. Donkor v. Commonwealth, 26 Va.App. 325, 494 S.E.2d 497 (1998). Because...

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