SMITH v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 180198.

821 S.E.2d 543 (2018)

Laurence Maria SMITH, s/k/a Laurence Marie Smith v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

December 13, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Hur , Senior Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Victoria Johnson , Assistant Attorney General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

PRESENT: All the Justices.


In this appeal, we consider whether the Court of Appeals of Virginia ("Court of Appeals") erred when it found the evidence was sufficient to uphold a conviction of voluntary manslaughter in the Spotsylvania County Circuit Court ("trial court").

I. Facts and Proceedings

A. The Evidence...

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