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SHAW v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 1349-22-4.

896 S.E.2d 399 (2024)

79 Va. App. 485

James D. SHAW, a/k/a Roscoe James Shaw v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Loudoun.

January 23, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley R. Haywood , Chief Public Defender ( Allison H. Carpenter , Deputy Public Defender, on briefs), for appellant.

Virginia B. Theisen , Senior Assistant Attorney General ( Jason S. Miyares , Attorney General; Tanner M. Russo , Assistant Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: Judges Causey, Raphael and Senior Judge Clements.

Virginia law makes it a Class 6 felony to conceal "a dead body ... with malicious intent and to prevent detection of an unlawful act or to prevent the detection of the death or the manner or cause of death." Code § 18.2-323.02. A jury convicted Roscoe James Shaw of that offense after the battered, bloody...

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