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Hilton v. Commonwealth

No. 160458Supreme Court of Virginia

160458 Hilton v. Commonwealth 04/13/2017 In the trial of a defendant on multiple charges, including carjacking and use of a firearm in the commission of that felony, a rational factfinder could easily have con…

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160458 Hilton v. Commonwealth 04/13/2017 In the trial of a defendant on multiple charges, including carjacking and use of a firea…

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Supreme Court of Virginia
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Oct 4, 2026
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Apr 13, 2017
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160458 Hilton v. Commonwealth 04/13/2017 In the trial of a defendant on multiple charges, including carjacking and use of a firearm in the commission of that felony, a rational factfinder could easily have concluded on the facts that -- between the time defendant took the victim's truck keys at gunpoint and the time the victim was forced back into his truck, however brief that period of time may have been -- defendant intentionally and temporarily seized control of the victim's truck through the use of a firearm and thereby depriving him of possession or control of the truck, in violation of Code § 18.2-58.1. Thus, the trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion to strike the evid…

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