McEachern v. Commonwealth

Opinion by Judge D. ARTHUR KELSEY.

The trial court convicted Kenyon E. McEachern of grand larceny of a vehicle in violation of Code § 18.2—95(ii). On appeal, McEachern argues the evidence failed to prove he intended to permanently deprive the victim of her vehicle. We disagree and affirm.

I

On appeal, we review the evidence in the “light most favorable” to the Commonwealth. Commonwealth v. Hudson, 265 Va. 505, 514, 578 S.E.2d 781, 786 (2003). This principle requires us to “discard the evidence of the accused in conflict with that of the Commonwealth, and regard as true all the credible evidence…