Dowell v. Commonwealth

UPON REHEARING EN BANC

Opinion

On August 20, 1991, a panel of this Court reversed and remanded the convictions of Gregory Michael Dowell. See 12 Va. App. 1145, 408 S.E.2d 263 (1991). A dissenting opinion was filed in the panel decision. The Commonwealth’s petition for rehearing en banc was granted and heard on January 22, 1992. For the reasons stated in the panel’s majority opinion, the convictions are reversed, the stay of this Court’s August 20, 1991 mandate is lifted, and the matters are remanded to the Circuit Court of New Kent County.

Judges Baker and Moon would affirm the convictions for…