Opinion by Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.
The defendant, Antoine Lanier Hall, was convicted in a bench trial in the Circuit Court for the City of Danville for escape "by force or violence" in violation of Code § 18.2-478. To be guilty of felonious escape from custody under that statute, the Commonwealth must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that "the accused was in the custody of the police officer, that the accused was charged with a criminal offense before he was...
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