STEPHENS v. COM.

Record No. 820021.

301 S.E.2d 22 (1983)

Venson Lee STEPHENS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Gregory, III, Martinsville (Young, Haskins, Mann, Gregory & Young, P.C., Martinsville, on brief), for appellant.

Robert H. Anderson, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

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


ALBERTIS S. HARRISON, Jr., Retired Justice.

The defendant contends that the lower court should have granted his motion to dismiss all charges against him because of the admitted failure of the Commonwealth to commence his trials within five months from the date of the finding of probable cause on four felony charges and within five months from the date of appeal from his convictions on two misdemeanor charges. Code §§ 19.2-241 and 19.2-243.

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