CARTER v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 201145.

866 S.E.2d 817 (2021)

LaToya Nicole CARTER v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

December 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan W. Hollister , Senior Trial Attorney, on briefs, for appellant.

A. Anne Lloyd , Assistant Attorney General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General of Virginia; Rachel L. Yates , Assistant Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

PRESENT: All the Justices.


LaToya Carter was convicted of battering a police officer, a felony, under Code § 18.2-57(C). She contends that she should not have been convicted because she lawfully used force to expel a trespassing officer. For the reasons detailed below, we affirm her conviction.

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