BROWN v. COM.

Record No. 090013.

685 S.E.2d 43 (2009)

Douglas Michael BROWN, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 5, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul S. Roskin (Vergara & Associates, on briefs), for appellant.

Robert H. Anderson III, Senior Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: KEENAN, KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, GOODWYN, and MILLETTE, JJ., and LACY, S.J.


OPINION BY Justice BARBARA MILANO KEENAN.

In this appeal from a defendant's conviction for involuntary manslaughter, we consider whether the evidence was sufficient to establish that the defendant was a proximate cause of the death of a driver who was killed when his car was struck by a police cruiser during a high-speed chase to apprehend the defendant.

Douglas Michael Brown, Jr. was convicted in a bench trial in the Circuit Court of the City of Colonial...

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