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COM. v. ALEXANDER

Record No. 991786.

531 S.E.2d 567 (2000)

260 Va. 238

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia v. Jon Douglas ALEXANDER.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 9, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Jeffrey, III, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellant.

Robert B. Armstrong for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., LACY, HASSELL, KEENAN, KOONTZ, and KINSER, JJ., and WHITING, Senior Justice.

WHITING, Senior Justice.

In this appeal, we decide whether a deadly weapon may be brandished in defense of personal property.

Jon Douglas Alexander was charged with attempted murder in Rockbridge County. At a preliminary hearing on that charge, the general district court reduced the charge to that of brandishing a firearm in violation of Code § 18.2-282 and convicted defendant Alexander of that charge.1

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