Twine v. Commonwealth

JEAN HARRISON CLEMENTS, Judge.

Kevin Eugene Twine was convicted in a bench trial of grand larceny, in violation of Code § 18.2-95. The conviction arose from the shoplifting of numerous razors, over-the-counter medications, and other merchandise from a Food Lion store. On appeal, Twine contends the trial court erred in admitting into evidence, over his hearsay objection, a cash register receipt generated by scanning the bar codes on the shoplifted items to establish the value of the stolen merchandise. Twine further contends that, absent the improperly admitted register receipt, the evidence…