James Daniel Sarka v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Petty, O’Brien and Russell Argued by videoconference PUBLISHED JAMES DANIEL SARKA OPINION BY v. Record No. 0165-20-1 JUDGE MARY GRACE O’BRIEN FEBRUARY 23, 2021 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF CHESAPEAKE Randall D. Smith, Judge Rachel E. Wentworth, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Katherine Quinlan Adelfio, Assistant Attorney General (Mark R. Herring, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Following a bench trial, the court convicted James Daniel Sarka (“appellant”) of fraudulently failing to return leased…