RAWLS v. COM.

Record Nos. 081672, 082369.

683 S.E.2d 544 (2009)

Jerome K. RAWLS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank K. Friedman (Woods Rogers, on briefs), Roanoke, for appellant.

Susan M. Harris, Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


OPINION BY Chief Justice LEROY R. HASSELL, SR.

I.

In this appeal, we consider whether a criminal defendant who was convicted of a felony and sentenced to a punishment in excess of a statutorily prescribed maximum range of punishment is entitled to a new sentencing hearing for that conviction.

II.

In 1996, a jury in the Circuit Court of Caroline County convicted Jerome K. Rawls of the following...

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