Groves v. Commonwealth

D. ARTHUR KELSEY, Judge.

The trial court found Linda Faye Groves guilty of larceny by false pretenses, a violation of Code § 18.2-178. On appeal, Groves claims the court used the wrong legal standard .in adjudicating her guilt. Her conviction should be vacated, she argues, and remanded for retrial under the correct standard. We disagree and affirm.

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After Groves and her husband separated, she used her husband’s separate checking account to pay various bills. The account was in his name only and contained funds belonging solely to him. Authorizing debits to her husband’s checking account number,…