CARTER v. COM.

Record No. 091895.

694 S.E.2d 590 (2010)

Jack Edward CARTER v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Geary, Richmond, for appellant.

Erin M. Kulpa, Assistant Attorney General (Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, GOODWYN, and MILLETTE, JJ., and CARRICO, S.J.


OPINION BY Justice S. BERNARD GOODWYN.

In this appeal of a conviction for grand larceny, we consider whether asportation and assertion of ownership of property is sufficient to prove intent to steal that property.

Background

Jack Edward Carter was indicted by a Henrico County grand jury for stealing paint from a home improvement supply store (the store), in violation of Code § 18.2-95. Carter asserted at trial and in the Court of Appeals that...

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