Hunter v. Commonwealth

Opinion

COLEMAN, J.

Code § 19.2-128(B) provides that “[a]ny person charged with a felony offense who willfully fails to appear before any court as required” is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Gary Patrick Hunter was convicted in a jury trial of willfully failing to appear at his felony trial in the Amherst County Circuit Court. He challenges the conviction on grounds that (1) the evidence is insufficient to show that his failure to appear was willful; (2) the trial court erred by admitting into evidence his bail bond document, which showed that the felony for which he was to have been tried was…