SHEARER v. COM.

Record No. 0022-88-3.

388 S.E.2d 828 (1990)

Fred Alexander SHEARER v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

February 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Embrey (Johnson & Cunningham, Lynchburg, on brief), for appellant.

Linwood T. Wells, Jr. (Jan F. Hoen, Third-Year Law Student, Salem, Richard B. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Panel BENTON, COLEMAN and DUFF, JJ.


COLEMAN, Judge.

Fred Alexander Shearer appeals his convictions of breaking and entering, two counts of grand larceny and three counts of petit larceny. Shearer contends (1) that the Commonwealth violated his statutory right to a speedy trial by not bringing him to trial within five months of his preliminary hearing; and (2) the trial court erred by admitting into evidence a set of keys which was illegally seized from his apartment. We conclude the trial court did...

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