Richard Hopfer v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Kelsey, Petty and Beales Argued at Chesapeake, Virginia RICHARD HOPFER MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY v. Record No. 1013-10-1 JUDGE RANDOLPH A. BEALES JUNE 7, 2011 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MATHEWS COUNTY R. Bruce Long, Judge Patricia Palmer Nagel (The Law Offices of Patricia Palmer Nagel, P.L.C., on brief), for appellant. Susan M. Harris, Assistant Attorney General (Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. In a bench trial, Richard Hopfer (appellant) was convicted of felony destruction of property, in…