GATES v. COM.

Record No. 0547-98-2.

516 S.E.2d 731 (1999)

30 Va. App. 352

Tavario Shamont GATES v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

July 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Luxton (Morchower, Luxton & Whaley, on brief), Washington, DC, for appellant.

Jeffrey S. Shapiro, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: BENTON, BUMGARDNER and FRANK, JJ.


BUMGARDNER, Judge.

Tavario Shamont Gates appeals his convictions of murder of James Dixon and malicious wounding of Thomas Redford. He contends that the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress statements he made to the police. We find that the police were not interrogating the defendant when he made the statements. Accordingly, we affirm the convictions.

The victim died of multiple gunshot wounds inflicted while he sat in his car on April 27, 1997...

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