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GRAHAM v. COM.

Record No. 0286-89-4.

397 S.E.2d 270 (1990)

Scott Thomas GRAHAM v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 2, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Smith (Dale Edwin Sanders, Sanders, O'Donnell & Smith, Alexandria, on brief), for appellant.

Leah A. Darron, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Virginia College of Criminal Defense Attorneys (Marvin D. Miller, Alexandria, on brief), amicus curiae, for appellant.

Present: KOONTZ, C.J., and DUFF and KEENAN, JJ.

DUFF, Judge.

The issue presented in this case is the extent of a criminal defendant's right to plead guilty to an indictment. We hold that under the Virginia Constitution, the statutes and the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia, a trial court may reject a guilty plea to the whole of an indictment tendered without a plea agreement only when it determines that the plea is constitutionally invalid. Further, we hold that this determination extends only to ensuring...

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