Code § 19.2-259 provides in pertinent part that "[a] person tried for felony shall be personally present during the trial." The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the defendant in a felony case may waive his right to be present at a view of the scene of the crime.
The question stems from the trial of Joseph Edward Jones, III, on a charge of possessing heroin with intent...
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