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WOODARD v. COMMONWEALTH

201 S.E.2d 785 (1974)

Dennis Ray WOODARD v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 14, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert L. Fary, Jr., Portsmouth for plaintiff in error.

Gilbert W. Haith, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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

COCHRAN, Justice.

The question for determination in this appeal is whether the speedy trial provisions of Code § 19.1-1911 (1960 Repl.Vol.) require a reversal of Dennis Ray Woodard's conviction of the felony of distributing marijuana.

Woodard was indicted and held for trial at the July, 1971, term of the Circuit Court of the City of Chesapeake. By order entered July 16, 1971, the case was continued "on motion of the Attorney...

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