NOVAK v. COM.

Record No. 1416-92-1.

457 S.E.2d 402 (1995)

20 Va. App. 373

Shawn Paul NOVAK v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Norfolk.

May 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Brydges, Stephen C. Mahan (Brydges, Brydges and Mahan, on briefs), Virginia Beach, for appellant.

Richard B. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen. (James S. Gilmore, III, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Youth Advocacy Clinic and Mental Disabilities Clinic, University of Richmond Law School (Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., Kathe Klare, Robin Hegner, on brief), amicus curiae, for appellant.

Present: BENTON, WILLIS and BRAY, JJ.


BRAY, Judge.

Shawn Paul Novak (defendant), a juvenile, age sixteen, was convicted by a jury on an indictment charging capital murder. On appeal, defendant complains that he was improperly transferred from the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (J & D court) to the trial court for prosecution as an adult, and that the trial court failed to conduct a de novo...

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