Hunter v. Commonwealth

Opinion

DUFF, J.

On February 15, 1985, Ricky D. Hunter was convicted by a jury of abduction with intent to defile, rape, and robbery of Mechelle Marquis Ayres and was sentenced to twenty years, life in prison, and fifteen years respectively. The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether Hunter was entitled to the presence of counsel at a pre-preliminary hearing, pre-indictment lineup.1

On October 25, 1983, at approximately 10:00 p.m., Mechelle Marquis Ayers came out of the post office in Mineral, Virginia, and found a black male standing in front of her car. The man, later identified as…