Warren v. Commonwealth

The principal question involved in this case is whether one can be convicted under Virginia’s “Bad Check Law,” Code § 18.2-181, of passing to his own bank a worthless check drawn on his account in that bank. Answering the question affirmatively and finding the evidence sufficient to show a violation of the statute, the trial court convicted the defendant, Cynthia A. Warren, of uttering, with intent to defraud, a check in the sum of $324.

The evidence shows that the defendant maintained a checking account in the Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Co. in the City of Alexandria. On November 5, 1976,…