Fields v. Commonwealth

McCLANAHAN, Judge.

A jury convicted Kevin David Fields of abduction with intent to defile, rape, and two counts of forcible sodomy. Fields challenges only the abduction conviction, contending the evidence was insufficient to prove his detention of the victim was separate and apart from that which was necessary for the commission of the other three offenses. For the reasons that follow, we affirm his abduction conviction.

I. BACKGROUND

We view the evidence, and all fair inferences to be drawn from it, in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth. Commonwealth v. Hudson, 265 Va. 505, 514, 578…