JACCARD v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 031507.

597 S.E.2d 30 (2004)

268 Va. 56

Douglas Albert JACCARD v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 10, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathon M. Venzie, Independence, for appellant.

John H. McLees, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen. (Jerry W. Kilgore, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR., Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether evidence of a prior probation revocation is admissible in the penalty determination phase of a bifurcated criminal jury trial as part of "the record of conviction" of the defendant's "prior criminal convictions" pursuant to Code § 19.2-295.1.

On July 15, 2002, the grand jury of Wythe County indicted Douglas Albert Jaccard on a charge of malicious wounding in violation of Code §...

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