Weatherholt v. Commonwealth

Present: Goodwyn, Mims, Powell, Kelsey, and McCullough, JJ., and Russell and Koontz, S.JJ. JIMMY RAY WEATHERHOLT, JR. OPINION BY v. Record No. 190206 SENIOR JUSTICE LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR. March 19, 2020 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA In this appeal we consider whether Jimmy Ray Weatherholt, Jr. was deprived of his right to counsel during a critical stage of a criminal prosecution in violation of the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution as applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, thus necessitating the setting aside of his…