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Criminal Law Keyed to Gershowitz
Davies v. Commonwealth
Citation:
15 Va. App. 350, 423 S.E.2d 839.Facts
On August 21, 1990, Davies filed a credit application in the name of Brian Stark at a Circuit City store. He claimed that he was an attorney. He produced an identification card in the name of Brian Stark. Upon approval of his credit application, Davies purchased on credit a camcorder, a tripod and a car stereo. The value of this property totaled $1,306.16.
On the same day, Davies also filed a credit application in the name of Brian Stark at a Luskins store. He was approved for credit and purchased on credit a camcorder with a selling price of $799.99.
At trial, Davies requested that the jury be required to find that the owner of the property parted with both “possession of and title to” the property. The trial court required only proof that the defendant obtained possession of the equipment. He was convicted of two counts of grand larceny by false pretenses. He appealed.
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