Edmonds v. Commonwealth

ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Elizabeth T. Edmonds was indicted by a Chesterfield County grand jury for third or subsequent offense petit larceny, in violation of Code §§ 18.2-96 and 18.2-104, and for felony failure to appear, in violation of Code § 19.2-128. She was found guilty on both counts in a bench trial on December 18, 2002 and sentenced to serve five years in prison, four years suspended, on the larceny charge and three years in prison, two years and six months suspended, on the failure to appear charge. She appeals her conviction for failure to appear on the ground that the Commonwealth failed…