Merritt v. Commonwealth

704 S.E.2d 158 (2011)

57 Va. App. 542

Glen Patrick MERRITT

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Record No. 1871-08-1.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

January 25, 2011.

Harry Dennis Harmon, Jr., Norfolk, for appellant.

Josephine F. Whalen, Assistant Attorney General II (Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: FELTON, C.J., and ELDER, FRANK, HUMPHREYS, KELSEY, McCLANAHAN, HALEY, PETTY, BEALES, POWELL and ALSTON, JJ.

UPON A REHEARING EN BANC

McCLANAHAN, Judge.

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