Clay v. Commonwealth

516 S.E.2d 684 (1999)

30 Va. App. 254

Phillip CLAY

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Record No. 2227-97-1.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

July 27, 1999.

Jeffrey A. Swartz (William L. Taliaferro, Jr.; Rabinowitz, Rafal, Swartz, Taliaferro & Gilbert, on brief), Norfolk, for appellant.

Daniel J. Munroe, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: FITZPATRICK, C.J., and BENTON, COLEMAN, WILLIS, ELDER, ANNUNZIATA, BUMGARDNER, LEMONS and FRANK, JJ.

UPON A REHEARING EN BANC

LEMONS, Judge.

By opinion dated December 15, 1998, a divided panel of this Court…