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SOUTH v. COM.

Record No. 2209-04-1.

623 S.E.2d 419 (2005)

47 Va. App. 247

Holly Jo SOUTH v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Chesapeake.

December 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brooke E. Woodzell, Assistant Public Defender (Office of the Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.

Steven A. Witmer, Assistant Attorney General (Judith Williams Jagdmann, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: HUMPHREYS and KELSEY, JJ., and OVERTON, S.J.

KELSEY, Judge.

Holly Jo South assaulted two United States Navy police officers serving at the Norfolk Naval Base. The trial court found her guilty of three counts of felony assault and battery of law-enforcement officers under Code § 18.2-57(C). South argues that the statute does not apply to the federal officers she assaulted. We agree, reverse the convictions, and remand for retrial on the misdemeanor offenses of simple assault and battery under Code §...

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