TIZON v. COM.

Record No. 1967-10-4.

723 S.E.2d 260 (2012)

60 Va. App. 1

Maria De Las Mercedes TIZON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Alexandria.

April 3, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Greenspun (Greenspun Shapiro, PC, on brief), Fairfax, for appellant.

Josephine F. Whalen , Assistant Attorney General II ( Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: HUMPHREYS, KELSEY and ALSTON, JJ.


KELSEY, Judge.

A jury convicted Maria De Las Mercedes Tizon of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. On appeal, Tizon challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, the denial of her mistrial and suppression motions, and two jury instructions. Finding none of Tizon's challenges persuasive, we affirm her convictions.

I.

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

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