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GOODRICH v. COMMONWEALTH

171 S.E.2d 256 (1969)

210 Va. 295

Alfred Austin GOODRICH v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

December 3, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Davis, Richmond (McCaul, Grigsby & Pearsall, Richmond, on brief), for petitioner.

W. Luke Witt, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for respondent.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN and HARMAN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The object of this proceeding is to prohibit the Circuit Court of Arlington County from trying the petitioner for a criminal offense. Aside from the fact that the Commonwealth rather than the judges of that court has been made the defendant, we cannot properly issue a writ of prohibition because no criminal proceeding is pending against the petitioner in the Circuit Court of Arlington County. Therefore, we do...

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