Mark Farewell v. Commonwealth of Virginia

HUFF, Judge.

Mark Farewell (“appellant”) appeals his conviction of assault and battery of a law enforcement officer, in violation of Code § 18.2-57. Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of the City of Charlottesville (“trial court”), appellant was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison. On appeal, appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss on speedy trial grounds. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

I. BACKGROUND

On appeal, “ ‘we consider the evidence and all reasonable inferences flowing from that evidence…