Gardner v. Commonwealth

On December 21, 1998, a grand jury in the Circuit Court of the City of Charlottesville indicted the defendant, Latasha Alon Gardner, for obtaining by false pretenses United States currency of a value greater than $200.00, “the property of George Gardner,” with the intent to defraud him. Code § 18.2-178.1 The trial court, sitting without a jury, convicted the defendant of the charge and sentenced her to serve three years in the penitentiary. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. Gardner v. Commonwealth, 32 Va. App. 595, 529 S.E.2d 820 (2000). We awarded the defendant this appeal to *20cons…