Owens v. Commonwealth

Opinion

KOONTZ, C.J.

The Circuit Court of the City of Virginia Beach found that Ricky Lee Owens violated the terms of his probation by committing a robbery. On appeal, Owens contends that a certified copy of an order of conviction on a robbery charge from the Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk was improperly admitted into evidence. We disagree.

The pertinent facts are not in dispute. Owens was convicted of burglary and robbery by the Circuit Court of the City of Virginia Beach on February 16, 1982, and sentenced to concurrent terms of twenty and twenty-seven years imprisonment, respectively.…