KINGSBUR v. COM.

Record No. 0334-02-1.

579 S.E.2d 357 (2003)

40 Va. App. 307

Lafate KINGSBUR, III v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Chesapeake.

April 15, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Lustig, Assistant Public Defender (Office of the Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.

Kathleen B. Martin, Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: FRANK and KELSEY, JJ., and WILLIS, Senior Judge.


KELSEY, Judge.

The trial court convicted Lafate Kingsbur, III, of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of Code § 18.2-308.2. Kingsbur contends that the evidence failed to prove that the handgun he possessed constituted a "firearm" within the meaning of the statute. Finding no error, we affirm the trial court.

I.

On appeal, we review the evidence "in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth." Morrisette v. Commonwealth...

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