Samantha Leigh Thomas v. Commonwealth

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Benton, McClanahan and Senior Judge Coleman Argued at Richmond, Virginia SAMANTHA LEIGH THOMAS MEMORANDUM OPINION∗ BY v. Record No. 2765-04-2 JUDGE ELIZABETH A. McCLANAHAN FEBRUARY 28, 2006 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY F. Ward Harkrader, Jr., Judge Designate Adam C. Rhea for appellant. Karri B. Atwood, Assistant Attorney General (Judith Williams Jagdmann, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Samantha Leigh Thomas was convicted in a bench trial of statutory burglary in violation of Code § 18.2-91, as a…