Carl Wesley Ernest Warner v. Commonwealth of VA

LEMONS, Judge.

Carl Wesley Ernest Warner appeals his bench trial conviction of feloniously uttering a check with knowledge that the account on which the check was drawn contained insufficient funds, a violation of Code § 18.2-181. On appeal, he contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and that the trial court’s admission of hearsay evidence was reversible error. We disagree and affirm the conviction.

I. BACKGROUND

On August 14, 1997, Carl Wesley Ernest Warner, appellant, an employee of Aliloo Oriental Rugs, requested that he be paid his weekly wage a day early. The…