THARPE v. COM.

Record No. 2285-92-2.

441 S.E.2d 228 (1994)

Bonnie THARPE, s/k/a Bonnie Jean Tharpe, v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Buddy A. Ward (Office of the Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.

Margaret Ann B. Walker, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Stephen D. Rosenthal, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: BARROW and BRAY, JJ., and COLE, Senior Judge.


MARVIN F. COLE, Senior Judge.

Appellant, Bonnie Tharpe, was convicted of uttering forged prescriptions in order to obtain controlled drugs. On appeal, she contends that she was absolutely immune from prosecution based on testimony she gave before a multi-jurisdiction grand jury and that the trial judge erred in denying her motion to dismiss the charges. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.

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On April 20, 1992, ten warrants of arrest were executed...

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