EVANS v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 190846, Record No. 190898.

850 S.E.2d 669 (2020)

Raequan EVANS, s/k/a Raequan D. Evans, v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia and Mariah Leslie Conway v. Commonwealth of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

December 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Barry McCracken , Assistant Public Defender, for appellant in 190846.

A. Anne Lloyd , Assistant Attorney General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee in 190846.

Michael A. Nicholas (Daniel, Medley & Kirby, on brief), Danville, for appellant in 190898.

Matthew P. Dullaghan , Senior Assistant Attorney General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee in 190898.

PRESENT: Lemons, C.J., Goodwyn, Mims, Powell, Kelsey, and McCullough, JJ., and Millette, S.J.


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