Legal Opinion
Dickens v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided July 29, 2008No. 1755071PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANK, Judge.
Stuart Bruce Dickens, appellant, was convicted of violating the terms of probation. On appeal, he contends the trial court, by accepting an affidavit that he failed to register as a sex offender, violated his Fourteenth Amendment due process right of confrontation. For the reasons stated, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
BACKGROUND
On March 15, 2005, appellant was convicted of failing to register as a violent sex offender in violation of Code § 18.2-472.1 and the trial court imposed, but suspended, a sentence, conditioned upon five years probation.
On April 6, 2007,…
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