Healy v. Commonwealth

Barbara V. Healy, the defendant, was convicted by a jury in the trial court of misuse or misappropriation of public funds in violation of Code § 18.1-110.1 She was sentenced by the trial court in accordance with the jury’s verdict. We granted a writ of error.

That the defendant, who was a public officer, knowingly misused or misappropriated the sum of three hundred dollars is not an issue. The sole question here is whether the funds she misappropriated were “public funds” within the meaning of the statute.

Walter Anderson was convicted of two misdemeanors involving *326a breach of the peace in the…