RANKINS v. COM.

Record No. 0066-99-1.

523 S.E.2d 524 (2000)

31 Va. App. 352

Dennie Lee RANKINS, s/k/a Dennie Lee Rankins, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Chesapeake.

January 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wade A. Bowie, Lynchburg (Joseph M. DuRant; Cumming, Hatchett & Jordan, Hampton, on briefs), for appellant.

Leah A. Darron, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: FITZPATRICK, C.J., and ELDER and LEMONS, JJ.


ELDER, Judge.

Dennie Lee Rankins (appellant) appeals from his bench trial convictions for malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a malicious wounding. On appeal, he contends (1) the trial court's admission of the custodial confession of a non-testifying accomplice violated the Confrontation Clause and Virginia's hearsay rule and (2) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction because it...

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