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TRIPLETT v. COMMONWEALTH

186 S.E.2d 16 (1972)

212 Va. 649

Lonnie Lee TRIPLETT v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 17, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Parsons, Galax (Lorne R. Campbell, Indepedence, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

A. R. Woodroof, 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.

HARMAN, Justice.

Lonnie Lee Triplett (defendant or Triplett), who waived a jury trial, was convicted by the trial court of a felony, operating a motor vehicle in violation of Code § 46.1-387.8 of the Virginia Habitual Offenders Act1, and sentenced to a term of one year in the state penitentiary.

Triplett did not waive a preliminary hearing and one was not afforded him. He was tried by the court on a warrant. No indictment...

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