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Bryant v. Commonwealth

FILED status graphic: Bryant v. Commonwealth. 170712 Bryant v. Commonwealth 04/05/2018 In a prosecution for unlawfully discharging a firearm within an occupied building, made a Class 6 felony by Code § 18.2-279, the Commonwealth did not have the burden of proving that the firearm was not discharged accidentally or inadvertently. The statutory language is plain and unambiguous, proscribing the act of discharging a firearm within an occupied building in such a manner as to endanger the life of a person therein. The statute distinguishes betw…
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