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PANAMENO v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 971361.

498 S.E.2d 920 (1998)

Santos PANAMENO v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 17, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean D. O'Malie (Pelton, Balland, Young, Demsky, Baskin & O'Malie, on brief), Arlington, for appellant.

John K. Byrum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

LACY, Justice.

Santos Panameno seeks reversal of his convictions for rape and extortion because the order entered by the juvenile court transferring him to the circuit court for adjudication did not contain a finding that Panameno was competent and, therefore, Panameno contends that the circuit court did not acquire jurisdiction to try him as an adult. We conclude that, when a defendant does not contest his competency to stand trial, Code § 16.1-269.1 does not...

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