Legal Opinion
Scott v. Com.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 2, 2007No. Record 062454PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY Justice BARBARAMILANO KEENAN.
In this appeal, we consider whether the circuit court abused its discretion in granting the Commonwealth's motion to have a defendant tried at the same time for nine robberies and other related crimes, which were based on incidents involving different victims that occurred in various locations on different dates over a four-month period.
Otis Scott, III, was indicted in the Circuit Court of the City of Virginia Beach for 27 offenses based on incidents that occurred between February 2003 and June 2003. Scott was indicted for nine counts of robbery and 18…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Spencer v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1990
- Cheng v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1990
- Satcher v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1992
- Johnson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2000
- Powell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2004
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Brian Heath Doss v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2012
- Commonwealth v. BagbyHanover County Circuit Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. CrawfordHanover County Circuit Court · 2008
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