Legal Opinion
Lemke v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 3, 1978No. Record 770797PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
Linda Jones Lemke, convicted in the General District Court of the City of Roanoke on January 27, 1977, of the misdemeanor of keeping a bawdy place in violation of Code i? 18.2-347, noted an appeal on the same day to the trial court. She signed an appeal form which contained numerous paragraphs, one of which comprised this statement:
“If I desire an attorney to represent me, I will employ him promptly and show him this notice. I understand that my failure to employ an attorney until just before the trial date is not grounds for a continuance . .. .”
On the date set for trial, Monday, February…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Ungar v. SarafiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. Robert Lester TerryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Watkins v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1940
- United States v. Roman Casey, AKA Melvin WardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Sargent v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1987
- Bolden v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1990
- McNair v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2002
- Van Sant v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
- Bailey v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2002
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