Andrew Wallace v. Commonwealth of Virginia

PETTY, Judge.

Andrew Wallace entered a conditional guilty plea to one count of indecent liberties with a child in violation of Code § 18.2-370.1. Wallace now appeals the denial of his pretrial motion to dismiss for lack of a speedy trial. On appeal, Wallace argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss because the Commonwealth failed to bring him to trial within the period required by Code § 19.2-243 and the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s ruling.

I. BACKGROUND

On August 23, 2012, Wallace was arrested…