Paula Jo Smith v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Chief Judge Decker, Judges Malveaux and Athey PUBLISHED Argued by videoconference PAULA JO SMITH OPINION BY v. Record No. 1146-19-4 CHIEF JUDGE MARLA GRAFF DECKER DECEMBER 1, 2020 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF STAFFORD COUNTY Victoria A.B. Willis, Judge James Joseph Ilijevich for appellant. Lauren C. Campbell, Assistant Attorney General (Mark R. Herring, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Paula Jo Smith appeals her conviction for defrauding an innkeeper in violation of Code § 18.2-188. On appeal, she contends that the evidence…