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HEFLIN v. COMMONWEALTH

177 S.E.2d 644 (1970)

211 Va. 407

Carlton Morris HEFLIN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 30, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Kilgore, Amherst, for plaintiff in error.

C. Tabor Cronk, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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

GORDON, Justice.

Code § 19.1-191 requires that an accused be discharged from prosecution in a circuit court for a felony if, after the term at which the accused is held for trial, three regular terms of court pass without a trial and without excuse specified in the statute.1 The question on this appeal is whether that statute requires a reversal of Carlton Morris Heflin's conviction of...

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