Legal Opinion
Shearer v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided February 6, 1990No. Record No. 0022-88-3PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COLEMAN, J.
Fred Alexander Shearer appeals his convictions of breaking and entering, two counts of grand larceny and three counts of petit larceny. Shearer contends (1) that the Commonwealth violated his statutory right to a speedy trial by not bringing him to trial within five months of his preliminary hearing; and (2) the trial court erred by admitting into evidence a set of keys which was illegally seized from his apartment. We conclude the trial court did not err and affirm the convictions.
Shearer was convicted of all charges by a jury on December 27, 1987. The charges arose from…
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