Shropshire v. Commonwealth

AGEE, Judge.

Matthew Shropshire (“Shropshire”) was convicted in a bench trial in the Circuit Court of the City of Lynchburg on one count of grand larceny by false pretenses. On appeal *37Shropshire alleges that the evidence was insufficient to establish all the elements necessary to prove grand larceny by false pretenses. For the following reasons, we reverse the conviction.1

I. BACKGROUND

On May 16, 2001, Shropshire looked at a Ford Taurus in the inventory of Oakridge Toyota and told salesman Michael Stanley that he would buy the car “with a check he was going to get from his credit union.” The…