Cantwell v. Commonwealth

Opinion

COLEMAN, J.

Appellant Martin Cantwell was convicted on three charges of indecent exposure. The issues we must decide are: (1) whether the trial court properly allowed amendments to two of the five indictments against the appellant; and (2) whether the appellant was denied his statutory right to a speedy trial. We affirm.

I. Amending the Indictment

The appellant was charged in two indictments of violating Code § 18.2-370 1 with “being a person eighteen years of age or over, with lascivious intent, [who] did knowingly and intentionally expose his genital parts to a child under fourteen…