BROWN v. COM.

Record No. 131038.

764 S.E.2d 58 (2014)

Derrell Renard BROWN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 31, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Steven Emmert (Skyes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy, on briefs), for appellant.

Virginia B. Theisen , Senior Assistant Attorney General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

PRESENT: All the Justices.


Opinion by Justice ELIZABETH A. McCLANAHAN.

The circuit court found Derrell Renard Brown guilty of possessing heroin with the intent to distribute in violation of Code § 18.2-248. Upholding the conviction, the Court of Appeals of Virginia rejected Brown's argument that the circuit court violated his Sixth Amendment rights by denying him a continuance, on the day of trial, for the purported purpose of substituting court appointed counsel with retained counsel...

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