HARRIS v. COM.

Record No. 801327.

279 S.E.2d 395 (1981)

Terry J. HARRIS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas E. Bywater, Vienna (Peter D. Greenspun, Fairfax, on brief), for appellant.

Thomas D. Bagwell, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

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


COMPTON, Justice.

In this criminal appeal, we deal with one aspect of the procedure for transfer of a minor's case from a juvenile court to a circuit court. We also consider a question of double jeopardy.

The chronology is important. On June 23, 1979, a young woman was abducted and raped in woods near an apartment complex in Fairfax County. Within a week, defendant Terry J. Harris, 16 years of age, was taken into...

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