Commonwealth v. Stich

By Judge Stanley P. Klein

These matters are before the Court on the Defendant’s appeals of the July 21, 1994, orders of the General District Court revoking the suspended jail sentences originally imposed by the General District Court on October 6, 1992. The fines and costs originally imposed by the General District Court have been paid.

The record from the October 6, 1992, hearing in the General District Court fails to disclose either the presence of or a valid waiver of counsel by the Defendant. Citing § 19.2-160 of the Virginia Code and various cases interpreting a defendant’s Sixth Amendment…