Brittingham v. Commonwealth

Opinion

COLE, J.

On March 3, 1988, Jesse Brittingham pled guilty to a cocaine charge and was sentenced to serve twenty-five years in the penitentiary with twenty-one years suspended. On July 29, 1988, the court revoked his suspended sentence. On appeal, Brittingham contends: (1) the trial court erred by refusing to allow him to call the assistant Commonwealth’s attorney as a witness; (2) he was denied his right to be present at all stages of the revocation hearing; (3) the trial court violated Code § 19.2-165 by hearing testimony in chambers without a court reporter; (4) the trial court erred…