English v. Com., Record No. 1487-03-2.
Decision Date | 22 June 2004 |
Docket Number | Record No. 1487-03-2. |
Citation | 43 Va.App. 370,598 S.E.2d 322 |
Parties | Robert Keith ENGLISH v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. |
Court | Virginia Court of Appeals |
Peter A. Nikas (Nikas & Powers, on brief), Chesterfield, for appellant.
Margaret W. Reed, Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.
Present: FRANK, KELSEY, JJ., and WILLIS, Sr.J.
On appeal from his conviction of impersonating a law enforcement officer, in violation of Code § 18.2-174, Robert Keith English contends the evidence was insufficient to prove he falsely assumed or exercised the functions, powers, duties, or privileges incident to law enforcement officers or falsely pretended to be a law enforcement officer. English argues he was acting within the power and authority conferred on him as a fugitive recovery agent by Code § 19.2-149. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Commonwealth v. Jenkins, 255 Va. 516, 520, 499 S.E.2d 263, 265 (1998) (citations omitted).
The evidence disclosed that English was a fugitive recovery agent who possessed a bail piece commanding the arrest and surrender of Terrence Adams, a fugitive on a warrant charging attempted murder. English had information that Adams could be found late at night on Brandermill Parkway, riding in a metallic-colored Honda Accord with personalized license plates driven by a woman. On the subject occasion, Elizabeth Matthews was driving a car similar to the one described. She had a male passenger. English got behind Matthews' vehicle and signaled with his headlights and a flashlight. Matthews testified she saw flashing lights and a spotlight being shined into her vehicle. She pulled over, believing the police were stopping her.
After Matthews stopped, English approached the driver's side of her car. He was wearing around his neck a gold badge that stated "special investigations unit." Matthews testified that it "looked like a police badge." Matthew's passenger, Romy Baassiri, testified that English announced that he was a special agent with the violent crimes unit and asked him and Matthews for identification. Matthews handed English her operator's license. English asked Matthews whether she had been drinking alcohol and whether she had any weapons or drugs in her car. He then asked her to step out of her car. He again asked whether she had been drinking and said that he could help her out if she told the truth. Matthews had not been drinking and told English she was just tired. She told him she recognized him from their neighborhood. English then told her he was a fugitive recovery agent and...
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