COM. v. TWEED

Record No. 012506.

570 S.E.2d 797 (2002)

264 Va. 524

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia v. Lonnie L. TWEED, Jr., s/k/a Lonnie Lee Tweed.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 1, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on briefs), for appellant.

David B. Hargett (Hargett & Watson, on brief), Richmond, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


Opinion by Justice LEROY R. HASSELL, SR.

I.

In this appeal of a judgment from the Court of Appeals, we consider whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing a criminal defendant's convictions and granting the defendant a new trial based upon purported after-discovered evidence.

II.

Lonnie L. Tweed, Jr., was indicted by a Chesterfield County grand jury for the following offenses: the first-degree murder of James Monroe Hoover in violation...

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