Opinion by Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.
In this appeal, we decide whether a defendant was entitled to a continuance of his trial when the jury panel had to be reconstituted and the defendant's attorney did not receive the new jury panel list forty-eight hours prior to trial in accordance with the provisions of Code § 8.01-353. Because we conclude that the requirements of that statute are directory rather than mandatory and that the defendant suffered no specific...
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