Court Opinion

ID: 9581506
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:15:33.346222+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:37:00.484137
License: Public Domain

Carrico and Gordon, JJ.,
dissenting
We interpret “property of another”, as used in Code § 18.1-365, to include public as well as private property. In our opinion, such interpretation is dictated by Hanbury v. Commonwealth, 203 Va. 182, 122 S.E.2d 911, and is not inconsistent with the rule of strict construction or the holdings and dicta in Randolph v. Commonwealth, 202 Va. 661, 119 S.E.2d 817, and Hall v. Commonwealth, 188 Va. 72, 49 S.E.2d 369.