Hughes v. Commonwealth

UPON A REHEARING EN BANC

Opinion

IVIOON, C.J.

Caleb Daniel Hughes was convicted of the abduction with the intent to defile of a five-year-old female child who disappeared from a Christmas party in 1989 and has never been found. We granted a rehearing en banc from a panel decision holding that the evidence was sufficient to prove abduction but insufficient to prove the intent to defile. Hughes v. Commonwealth, 16 Va. App. 576, 431 S.E.2d 906 (1993). On rehearing, Hughes contends: (1) the evidence was insufficient to support a finding that he abducted the child with the intent to defile her; (2)…