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Foster v. Commonwealth

UPHELD status graphic: Foster v. Commonwealth. 050510 Foster v. Commonwealth 01/13/2006 Under Code § 18.2-181, the five-year statute of limitations for petit larceny applies when the defendant is charged with a misdemeanor for passing a bad check, because a larceny which is a misdemeanor is a petit larceny. The judgment of the Court of Appeals upholding defendant's conviction is affirmed.
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