DIAZ v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 0056-23-1.

897 S.E.2d 703 (2024)

80 Va. App. 286

Melissa Nanette DIAZ v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Norfolk.

February 27, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Alonzo Edgington , Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Victoria Johnson , Senior Assistant Attorney General ( Jason S. Miyares , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: Chief Judge Decker, Judges Fulton and Ortiz.


Melissa Nanette Diaz appeals her convictions following a jury trial for the second-degree murder of Steven Wynn, use of a firearm in that murder, and concealing and defiling a dead body, in violation of Code §§ 18.2-32, -53.1, -126, and -323.02. On appeal, Diaz argues that the trial court erred by...

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