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COM. v. HUTCHINS

Record No. 992355.

533 S.E.2d 622 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia v. Rudolph Lynwood HUTCHINS, Jr.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 15, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Judge, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellant.

Vikram Kapil, Senior Assistant Public Defender, for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., LACY, HASSELL, KEENAN, KOONTZ, and KINSER, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice.

HASSELL, Justice.

I.

In this appeal, we consider whether the Commonwealth violated the defendant's statutory rights to a speedy trial contained in Code § 19.2-243. That statute states in relevant part:

"Where a general district court has found that there is probable cause to believe that the accused has committed a felony, the accused, if he is held continuously in custody thereafter, shall be forever discharged from prosecution for such offense...

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