TURNER v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 750457.

222 S.E.2d 517 (1976)

Keith Anthony TURNER v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Haboush, Richmond, for plaintiff in error.

Wilburn C. Dibling, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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


CARRICO, Justice.

In this criminal appeal, we consider the question whether the trial court had jurisdiction to try the defendant, Keith Anthony Turner, who was 17 years of age at the time he committed the penitentiary offense of which he was convicted. More precisely, the question is whether the written notice requirement of Code § 16.1-176(a)(3), a part of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Law (Code §§ 16.1-139 et seq.<...

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