Sandy v. Commonwealth

UPON A REHEARING EN BANC

On June 10, 1997, a panel of this Court held that the Commonwealth had breached the terms of a plea agreement on which the defendant had relied to his detriment by “fully answering] any questions which were posed to him by [the Commonwealth’s Attorney].” See Sandy v. Commonwealth, 25 Va.App. 1, 486 S.E.2d 102 (1997). Based on that holding, the panel reversed the defendant’s seven felony convictions and remanded the case to the trial court, with instructions requiring the Commonwealth to specifically perform its promises in the plea agreement, which were to move to…