Gregory v. Commonwealth

Opinion

KOONTZ, C.J.

On October 22, 1985, Kenneth Wayne Gregory was convicted in a bench trial and sentenced to four years in the penitentiary for unlawfully and feloniously removing from the state property upon which there was a lien and disposing of it without the written consent of the lienor in violation of Code § 18.2-115. In this appeal the sole issue is whether the trial court lacked jurisdiction to try Gregory in Botetourt County under the facts of this case. Specifically, Gregory contends that the criminal acts, if any, did not occur in Virginia. We find that the trial court did have…