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ABNEY v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 1366-06-4.

657 S.E.2d 796 (2008)

51 Va. App. 337

Wilbert ABNEY, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Alexandria.

March 4, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawn M. Butorac, Assistant Public Defender (Whitney E. Minter, Assistant Public Defender; Office of the Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.

Robert H. Anderson, III, Senior Assistant Attorney General (Robert F. McDonnell, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: FITZPATRICK, S.J., McCLANAHAN and PETTY, JJ.

McCLANAHAN, Judge.

A jury convicted Wilbert Abney, Jr., of first-degree murder (Code § 18.2-32). On appeal, Abney contends the trial court committed reversible error in admitting certain evidence in violation of the hearsay rule and/or his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses. For the following reasons, we affirm Abney's conviction.

I. BACKGROUND

On appeal, we review the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, as the...

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