Foster v. Commonwealth

COMPTON, Senior Justice.

In this criminal appeal, the sole question presented is whether the five-year statute of limitations for petit larceny applies when the defendant is charged with a misdemeanor bad-check violation.

The facts are undisputed. In an arrest warrant issued on April 24, 2003, it was charged that the defendant Laura L. Foster, on February 17, 2002 in violation of Code § 18.2-181, "did unlawfully . . . with the intent to defraud, make, draw, utter, or deliver a check . . . drawn on the Marathon Bank in the amount of $140.88, and made payable to Wal-Mart Supercenter. . .…