VASQUEZ v. COM.

Record No. 141071.

781 S.E.2d 920 (2016)

Darien VASQUEZ v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. Brandon Valentin v. Commonwealth of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 12, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Andrew Harding , Harrisonburg ( Anne M. Mauldin Convy ; Convy & Harding, on briefs), for appellant.

Stuart A. Raphael , Solicitor General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General; Donald E. Jeffrey, III , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Steven A. Witmer , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Katherine Q. Adelfio , Assistant Attorney General; Matthew R. McGuire , Assistant Attorney General; Trevor S. Cox , Deputy Solicitor General, on brief), for appellee.

Amicus Curiae: Juvenile Law Center ( Marsha Levick ; Craig S. Cooley , Richmond, on brief), in support of appellant.

Present: All the Justices.


Darien Vasquez and Brandon Valentin, two sixteen-year-old males, broke into the townhouse of a college student, raped her at knifepoint, and threatened to kill her if she resisted. They also committed a host of other crimes before leaving the victim's townhouse. The trial court convicted Vasquez of eighteen felonies...

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