MERRITT v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 1804-17-4.

820 S.E.2d 379 (2018)

69 Va. App. 452

Alisha Renee MERRITT v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Arlington.

November 13, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Morgan , for appellant.

Aaron J. Campbell , Assistant Attorney General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: Judges Humphreys, Decker and Russell.


OPINION BY JUDGE WESLEY G. RUSSELL, JR.

Alisha Renee Merritt was convicted of failure to appear in violation of Code § 19.2-128. As she did in the trial court, she argues on appeal that the evidence was insufficient to support her conviction. Specifically, she argues that the evidence did not establish that she had notice of her need to appear, and therefore, the evidence did not establish that her failure to appear was willful as required by the...

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