Patterson v. Commonwealth

The defendant, Eddie Lee Patterson, who waived trial by jury, was found guilty by the trial court on each of sixteen separate counts in an indictment charging grand larceny by checks in violation of Code § 6.1-115. He was sentenced to one year in the State penitentiary on each count, with ten of the sixteen years suspended.

Defendant contends that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction. We do not agree.

The evidence shows that between November 12 and December 26, 1973, Patterson drew five checks on the Virginia National Bank and eleven on the Bank of Virginia-Tidewater.…