WRIGHT v. COM.

Record No. 062527.

655 S.E.2d 7 (2008)

Nicholas Everette WRIGHT v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 11, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Holloran (A. Gene Hart, Jr., on brief), Harrisonburg, for appellant.

Leah A. Darron, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert F. McDonnell, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

The issue in this appeal concerns whether a circuit court, after accepting a plea agreement of the type specified in Rule 3A:8(c)(1)(C), can nevertheless impose a term of suspended incarceration and a term of post-release supervision pursuant to Code §§ 18.2-10(g) and 19.2-295.2(A) when such terms are not mentioned in the plea agreement. Because general principles of contract law apply to plea agreements and the law...

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