ESPER BONDING CO. v. COM.

Record No. 801017.

283 S.E.2d 185 (1980)

ESPER BONDING COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry M. Johnson, Jr., Richmond, for appellant.

Stacy F. Garrett, III, Deputy Commonwealth's Atty. (Aubrey M. Davis, Jr., Commonwealth's Atty., John P. Driscoll, Deputy Commonwealth's Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C. J., and HARRISON, COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON and STEPHENSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

In this appeal, we consider whether the Commonwealth had standing to assert the constitutional rights of third parties as the sole basis of its challenge to the constitutionality of the 1979 amendment to Code § 19.2-135.

Prior to an amendment adopted in 1979, the pertinent portion of Code § 19.2-135 provided that, in the event of a violation of any condition of recognizance, a court, in addition to remanding the principal to jail, could...

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