FITZGERALD v. COM.

Record No. 0348-99-3.

525 S.E.2d 604 (2000)

31 Va. App. 739

Melvin Hall FITZGERALD, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Salem.

March 14, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Lloyd Snook, III (Snook & Haughey, P.C., on brief), Charlottesville, for appellant.

Richard B. Smith, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: COLEMAN and ELDER, JJ., and COLE, Senior Judge.


COLEMAN, Judge.

Melvin H. Fitzgerald was convicted following a jury trial of object sexual penetration in violation of Code § 18.2-67.2. The trial court granted Fitzgerald's motion to set aside the jury's verdict, but over Fitzgerald's objection, the trial judge found him guilty of assault and battery in violation of Code § 18.2-57. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial judge, after granting the defendant's motion to set aside the verdict based on...

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