Harris v. Commonwealth

Upon a Rehearing En Banc

In Harris v. Commonwealth, 23 Va.App. 311, 477 S.E.2d 3 (1996), a majority of a panel of the Court reversed the judgment of the trial court. The Commonwealth’s petition for rehearing en banc was granted and heard on March 20, 1997. For the reasons stated in the panel’s majority opinion, the majority reverses the decision of the trial court. Accordingly, the stay of this Court’s October 15, 1996 mandate is lifted.

WILLIS, FITZPATRICK and OVERTON, JJ., would affirm the judgment of the trial court for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion of the original panel…