Court Opinion

ID: 9573739
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:58:19.546887+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:43:14.077483
License: Public Domain

Baker, J.,
concurring.
I concur with the majority’s finding that the judgment of conviction should be affirmed. I respectfully disagree that a different rule for renewing motions to strike should apply to jury trials than that the majority establishes for bench trials. In declaring that distinction this Court has infringed on the sole power of the Supreme Court of Virginia to establish rules for the trial of cases in the Commonwealth. I would continue to follow the long-established precedents declared in Williams v. Commonwealth, 6 Va. App. 412, 368 S.E.2d 293 (1988), and cases there cited.