Legal Opinion

Delano Compton, etc. v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided July 30, 1996No. 1119953PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Following a bench trial, appellant, William Luther Delano Compton, was convicted of fraudulent conversion of property in violation of Code § 18.2-115, sentenced to three years imprisonment, all of which was suspended, and placed on three years probation. Appellant contends that his signature did not appear on the lease agreement and, therefore, the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction. We disagree and affirm.

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When considering the sufficiency of the evidence on appeal in a criminal case, this Court views the evidence in a light most favorable to the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Martin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1987
  2. Higginbotham v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1975
  3. Josephs v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1990
  4. Cable v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1992
  5. Bourgeois v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1976

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. McCary v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2003
  2. Francis Anyokorit Masika v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2014
  3. Rooney v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1998
  4. Corwyn Cordell Skinner v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1997

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