RICKS v. COM.

Record Nos. 141650, 141820.

778 S.E.2d 332 (2015)

Talmage Donnell RICKS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia Commonwealth of Virginia v. Edward Chilton.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 12, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Edward Railey, III (Railey and Railey, on brief), Courtland, for appellant.

Rosemary V. Bourne , Senior Assistant Attorney General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: LEMONS, C.J., MIMS, McCLANAHAN, POWELL, KELSEY, and ROUSH, JJ., and MILLETTE, S.J.


We consider these two appeals together because they present similar assignments of error regarding the wounding or bodily injury element necessary to prove the crime of strangulation in violation of Code § 18.2-51.6. In each case, we consider whether the Court of Appeals erred in its findings regarding the...

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