Commonwealth v. Cano

By Judge R. Terrence Ney

This case was argued before the Court on April 28,2000, on Defendant’s Motion to set aside a Final Order of the Circuit Court of Fairfax County entered on November 27, 1996, on pleas of guilty by the defendant to the charges of felonious use of a firearm, aggravated malicious wounding, and felonious discharge of a firearm.

The basis of the motion is that the defendant was a juvenile at the time the offenses were committed and that his father was not given notice of the court proceedings — specifically the transfer hearing — in the juvenile court. Furthermore, there was…