Supreme Court of Virginia· 2/25/1994

Yarborough v. Commonwealth

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441 S.E.2d 342
247 Va. 215

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holding the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction under the statute when “something protrud[ed]” from defendant’s pocket but police later found only a beer can
holding the evidence was not sufficient where appellant said, “This is a stickup,” with his hand in a bulged pocket, and police later found only a beer can in his pocket
holding the \evidence that [the accused] 'may have had' a firearm in his possession creates merely a suspicion of guilt . . . [that] is insufficient to prove . . . he actually possessed a firearm\
the fact that the victim thought or perceived that the defendant had a firearm is not sufficient to support a conviction

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Judges: Carrico, Compton, Stephenson, Whiting, Lacy, Hassell, Poff

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