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noting that the General Assembly amended Code § 18.2-104 in 1994 to "expand[] the predicate crimes to include all larceny and fraud offenses and substantially similar offenses whether committed in or outside the Commonwealth" (quoting House 557, 1994 Reg. Sess. (on file with Commonwealth of Virginia, Division of Legislative Services) (Draft of Jan. 21, 1994))
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Record No. 1952-95-2.
April 22, 1997.
Patricia P. Nagel, Assistant Public Defender (David J. Johnson, Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.
Margaret Ann B. Walker, Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.
Before BENTON, COLEMAN, WILLIS, ELDER, BRAY, FITZPATRICK, ANNUNZIATA and OVERTON, JJ.
Upon a Rehearing En Banc
In Harris v. Commonwealth, 23 Va. App. 311, 477 S.E.2d 3 (1996), a majority of a panel of the Court reversed the judgment of the trial court. The Commonwealth's petition for rehearing en banc was granted and heard on March 20, 1997. For the reasons stated in the panel's majority opinion, the majority reverses the decision of the trial court. Accordingly, the stay of this Court's October 15, 1996 mandate is lifted.
WILLIS, FITZPATRICK and OVERTON, JJ., would affirm the judgment of the trial court for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion of the original panel decision.
This order shall be published and certified to the trial court.