Joseph E. Brown v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Huff, Athey and Fulton PUBLISHED Argued by videoconference JOSEPH E. BROWN OPINION BY v. Record No. 0598-21-2 JUDGE GLEN A. HUFF MAY 10, 2022 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CHARLES CITY COUNTY B. Elliott Bondurant, Judge Wayne Orrell for appellant. Matthew J. Beyrau, Assistant Attorney General (Jason S. Miyares, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Following a bench trial in the Charles City County Circuit Court (the “trial court”), Joseph Brown (“appellant”) was convicted of abduction in violation of Code § 18.2-47. He…