SYKES v. COM.

Record No. 2819-02-2.

593 S.E.2d 545 (2004)

42 Va. App. 581

Steven Lawrence SYKES v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

March 9, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Hingeley, Public Defender, for appellant.

Eugene Murphy, Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: HUMPHREYS, CLEMENTS and KELSEY, JJ.


CLEMENTS, Judge.

Steven Lawrence Sykes was convicted in a bench trial of five felony counts of issuing bad checks, third or subsequent offense of larceny, in violation of Code §§ 18.2-181 and 18.2-104. On appeal, Sykes contends the trial court erred in applying Code § 18.2-183's evidentiary presumption of fraudulent intent to him because the checks he wrote in this case were drawn on closed, rather than nonexistent, bank accounts. Finding no error,...

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