Richardson v. Commonwealth

WILLIS, Judge.

George William Richardson contends that the trial court erroneously dismissed as untimely his appeal from a juvenile court’s judgment in a commitment review hearing held pursuant to Code § 16.1-289. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand the case to the trial court.

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BACKGROUND

Richardson, a juvenile, pleaded guilty in the Spotsylvania County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (juvenile court) to two probation violations and was adjudicated delinquent on May 29, 1997. On June 11, 1997, the juvenile court committed him to the Department of Juvenile Justice…