Baugh v. Commonwealth

Opinion

BRAY, J.

On an appeal from the general district court, David P. Baugh (defendant) was convicted in the circuit court of criminal contempt in violation of Code § 18.2-456(1)1 and sentenced to ten days in jail. He contends that (1) the admission into evidence of a certificate prepared by the general district court judge, which detailed the circumstances of the offense, violated his constitutional right of confrontation and his statutory right to a trial de novo, (2) the trial court- improperly denied his right to a trial by jury, and (3) the evidence was insufficient to support the…