WILKINS v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 151068.

786 S.E.2d 156 (2016)

Robert Allen WILKINS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 2, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sonya Weaver Roots (Weaver Law Practice, on brief), for appellant.

Robert H. Anderson, III , Senior Assistant Attorney General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

PRESENT: Lemons, C.J., Goodwyn, Mims, McClanahan, Powell, and Kelsey, JJ., and Russell, S.J.


In this appeal, we consider whether it was error to require the defendant to wear jail-issued clothing that the defendant claims was identifiable as such to the jury during a jury trial.

I. Facts and Proceedings

The appellant, Robert Allen Wilkins ("Wilkins"), was convicted by a jury of...

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