Legal Opinion
Fowlkes v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 13, 1978No. Record 770725PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPoff, J.
The question raised by this appeal is whether defendant was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial. U. S. CONST, amend. VI; Va. CONST, art. I, § 8. Since the challenged delay preceded the preliminary hearing, the right defined by Code § 19.2-243 (Repl. Vol. 1975) is not at issue.
Tried by the court without a jury, Jonathan Fowlkes was convicted of robbery and sentenced, by order entered February 1, 1977, to 20 years in the penitentiary with 10 years suspended. At trial, the two principal Commonwealth witnesses were the victim of the robbery and the investigating officer, both of…
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