SYKES v. COM.

Record No. 0012-97-2.

497 S.E.2d 511 (1998)

27 Va. App. 77

Steven Lawrence SYKES v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

March 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

(Willis J. Spaulding, Charlottesville, on brief), for appellant. Appellant submitting on brief.

Thomas D. Bagwell, Senior Assistant Attorney General (Richard Cullen, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: FITZPATRICK, C.J., and ELDER and OVERTON, JJ.


FITZPATRICK, Chief Judge.

Steven Lawrence Sykes (appellant) was convicted in a bench trial of credit card theft in violation of Code § 18.2-192. On appeal, he contends the trial court erred in finding that the gas card he used was a credit card within the meaning of Code § 18.2-192 and that his conduct violated the statute. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

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