Joseph John Melick v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges O’Brien, Russell and Retired Judge Bumgardner* Argued at Norfolk, Virginia PUBLISHED JOSEPH JOHN MELICK OPINION BY v. Record No. 1564-17-1 JUDGE WESLEY G. RUSSELL, JR. JULY 31, 2018 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF HAMPTON Wilford Taylor, Jr., Judge Anthony J. Balady, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Rachel L. Yates, Assistant Attorney General (Mark R. Herring, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Joseph John Melick was convicted in a bench trial of one count of grand larceny in violation of Code §…