NELSON v. COM.

Record No. 0587-06-4.

650 S.E.2d 562 (2007)

50 Va. App. 413

Marquise Leon NELSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Alexandria.

September 18, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence J. Patton (James J. Ilijevich; Office of the Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.

Benjamin H. Katz, Assistant Attorney General (Robert F. McDonnell, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: FRANK and HUMPHREYS, JJ., and COLEMAN, S.J.


HUMPHREYS, Judge.

Marquise Leon Nelson ("Nelson") appeals his conviction for failure to appear, in violation of Code § 19.2-128(B). He argues the evidence was insufficient to prove that he willfully failed to appear in court and that the trial court erred in instructing the members of the jury that they could infer that a person intends the natural and probable consequences of his actions. For the following reasons, we hold that the evidence is sufficient to...

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