Legal Opinion
Bruhn v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided February 26, 2002No. 0818002PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion
UPON A REHEARING EN BANC
ANNUNZIATA, Judge.
On April 24, 2001, a unanimous panel of this Court reversed the conviction of appellant, Christopher Bruhn, for grand larceny. The panel found the evidence insufficient to demonstrate that Bruhn committed larceny in violation of Code § 18.2-95, the only crime charged in the indictment, because it failed to prove the victim ever possessed the alleged stolen property. Furthermore, the panel rejected the Commonwealth’s argument that proof of embezzlement is sufficient to sustain a conviction under an indictment for grand larceny. We stayed the mandate of…
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