Collins v. Commonwealth
Annotate this CaseAt issue in this appeal was whether a bail bondsman licensed in another state but not in Virginia had the authority to enter Virginia and apprehend a fugitive bailee. In a bench trial, Defendant, an out-of-state bail bondsman, was convicted of attempted abduction and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. The court of appeals affirmed. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the General Assembly plainly manifested its intent to abrogate the common law rule allowing out-of-state bail bondsmen and bounty hunters to enter Virginia to apprehend fugitive bailees; and (2) there was sufficient evidence to establish the specific intent necessary to support a conviction of attempted abduction.
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