HAIRSTON v. COM.

Record Nos. 1209-93-3, 1227-93-3.

452 S.E.2d 872 (1995)

Dana Donnell HAIRSTON, S/K/A Dana Darnell Hairston v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. Melvin E. CONNOR, S/K/A Melvin Eugene Connor v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward L. Armstrong, Martinsville (Terry A. Young, Armstrong, Armstrong & Young, on brief), for appellant Hairston.

Michelle C.F. Derrico (Office of the Public Defender, on brief), for appellant Connor.

H. Elizabeth Shaffer, Asst. Atty. Gen. (James S. Gilmore, III, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: MOON, C.J., and COLEMAN, J., and HODGES, Senior Judge.


MOON, Chief Judge.

Appellants were convicted of statutory burglary for breaking and entering a "vehicle... containing shipments of freight or express or other property pursuant to Code § 18.2-147.1."1 The vehicle was a trailer which the victim used to store and haul tires for sale at flea markets. On appeal, appellants contend that the tires stored and hauled in the victim's trailer were not "shipments of freight or express or other...

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