Commonwealth v. Pannell

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the use of the term “original proceedings” formerly contained in Code § 16.1-291 refers to the adjudicatory or dispositional phase of a juvenile proceeding. *

In 1997, Danzell Pannell pled guilty to a charge of unauthorized use of an automobile in the City of Alexandria Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court and was placed on probation. Two years later, in 1999, the juvenile court found that Pannell had violated the conditions of his probation and revoked his probation. Pannell appealed the juvenile court judgment to the circuit court,…