Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 1, 1996No. Record 952053PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENIOR JUSTICE POFF
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The principal issue framed on this appeal is whether the accused was denied his statutory right to a speedy trial upon remand following reversal by the Court of Appeals on an unrelated issue. Because the speedy trial statute1 defines a breach of the right in terms of the *427expiration of stated time periods, we will summarize the relevant chronology.
January 9, 1992 The General District Court of the City of Richmond conducted a preliminary hearing on warrants charging Steven Jerome Johnson with robbery and with the use of a firearm in the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Butts v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
- Commonwealth v. BurnsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1990
- Hall v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1992
- Jamborsky v. BaskinsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1994
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3Cited by33 opinions
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