Christopher Michael Towns v. Commonwealth of VA

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Coleman, Bumgardner and Lemons Argued at Salem, Virginia CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL TOWNS MEMORANDUM OPINION* BY v. Record No. 0346-98-3 JUDGE SAM W. COLEMAN III MARCH 30, 1999 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY Ray W. Grubbs, Judge Joseph Graham Painter, Jr. (Painter, Kratman, Swindell, Crenshaw & DeMuth; Painter & DeMuth, on briefs), for appellant. Eugene Murphy, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Christopher Michael Towns was convicted in a bench trial of felony child…