COLEMAN, Judge.
This criminal appeal arises from a denial of the defendant's motion to dismiss three indictments against him for failure to provide a speedy trial as required by Code § 19.2-243. We hold that the defendant did not waive the right to a speedy trial when his counsel, after objecting to a continuance granted on the Commonwealth's motion, provided an available trial date that he knew to be beyond the statutory five month speedy trial period. Thus...
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