Larwan Badru Bonner v. Commonwealth of Virginia

UPON REHEARING EN BANC

ROBERT J. HUMPHREYS, Judge.

Larwan Badru Bonner (“Bonner”) appeals his conviction in the Circuit Court of Brunswick County (“trial court”) for altering the serial number of a firearm in violation of Code § 18.2—311.1. 1 On appeal to a three-judge panel of this Court, Bonner argued that the trial “court erred in denying [his] motion to strike the [Code] § 18.2-311.1 charge involving the absence of a serial number due to improper venue.” A divided panel of this Court reversed the conviction based on a failure by the Commonwealth to establish that the Circuit Court of…