Legal Opinion
Howard v. Com.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 4, 2011No. 100912PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
706 S.E.2d 885 (2011)
Ronnie Lee HOWARD
v.
COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.
Record No. 100912.
Supreme Court of Virginia.
March 4, 2011.
Seth C. Weston, Roanoke, for appellant.
Rosemary V. Bourne, Assistant Attorney General (Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.
Present: KINSER, C.J., LEMONS, GOODWYN, and MILLETTE, JJ., and LACY and KOONTZ, S.JJ.[*]
OPINION BY Senior Justice ELIZABETH B. LACY.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the tolling provisions of Code § 19.2-243, the speedy trial statute, apply to a trial court order entered sua sponte continuing the…
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