FIELDS v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 1964-19-2.

865 S.E.2d 400 (2021)

73 Va. App. 652

James A. FIELDS, s/k/a James Alex Fields, v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 16, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise Y. Lunsford ( John I. Hill , Waynesboro; Denise Y. Lunsford, LLC, Charlottesville; PoindexterHill, P.C., on brief), for appellant.

Rosemary V. Bourne , Senior Assistant Attorney General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: Chief Judge Decker, Judges Humphreys and O'Brien.


On August 12, 2017, James Fields ("Fields") drove a car into a group of pedestrians in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one person and injuring others. He was charged with one count of first-degree murder, in violation of Code § 18.2-32, three counts of malicious wounding, in violation of Code...

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