Opinion ID: 1242733
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Heading: Abduction

Text: The abduction indictment charged that, by the use of force, intimidation, or deception, and without legal justification or excuse, Cheng did detain, seize, take, transport or secrete Liu with intent to derive pecuniary benefit. The abduction statute, Code § 18.2-47, casts its several prohibited acts in the disjunctive, [and therefore,] each is independently sufficient to support a conviction. Scott v. Commonwealth, 228 Va. 519, 526, 323 S.E.2d 572, 576 (1984). The jury reasonably could have inferred from the evidence that Liu was detained, seized, or transported in Arlington County. Thus, we hold that the evidence is sufficient to support the jury's finding that the abduction occurred, in whole or in part, in the county. C