SWEZEY v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 0490-22-3.

887 S.E.2d 795 (2023)

77 Va. App. 809

Richard Alan SWEZEY, v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Lexington.

June 13, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew L. Pack (M. Pack Law, PLLC, on brief), Bedford, for appellant.

Ken J. Baldassari , Assistant Attorney General ( Jason S. Miyares , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: Judges Fulton, Friedman and Raphael.


Following a jury trial, the trial court convicted Richard Alan Swezey of statutory burglary, abduction, using a firearm in the commission of a felony, assault, and two counts of brandishing a firearm. Swezey claims that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to strike the abduction charge, arguing that...

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