OPINION BY Justice LEROY F. MILLETTE, JR.
In this appeal, we consider whether the Commonwealth is required to establish as an element of the offense of trespassing that a "no trespassing" sign on private property was posted by a person authorized by the statute to exclude entry upon the property.
Ernest Baker was convicted at a bench trial in the Circuit Court of the City of Petersburg of trespassing in violation of Code § 18.2-119.
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