Rease v. Commonwealth

In this criminal appeal, the question is whether the state court lost jurisdiction to revoke a suspended sentence because of a lapse of time caused by defendant’s federal imprisonment for a crime committed while on state probation.

As pertinent here, Code § 19.2-306 provides:

“The court may, for any cause deemed by it sufficient which occurred at any time within the probation period, or if none, within the period of suspension fixed by the court. . . revoke the suspension of sentence and any probation, if the defendant be on probation, and cause the defendant to be arrested and brought before…