Legal Opinion
McNair v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided March 19, 2002No. 1106001PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUMPHREYS, Judge.
Antwoin Renard McNair contends the trial court violated his rights under the Sixth Amendment by requiring him to proceed to trial without counsel. A panel of this Court, with one judge dissenting, held that appellant waived his right to counsel. See McNair v. Commonwealth, 35 Va.App. 587, 546 S.E.2d 756 (2001). We stayed the mandate of that decision and granted rehearing en banc. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the convictions and remand for a new trial.
I. Background
A grand jury indicted appellant on felony charges of malicious wounding and abduction of his wife. A…
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