Legal Opinion
Armel v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided October 13, 1998No. 1735974PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRAY, Judge.
Douglas Armel, Jr. (defendant) was convicted in a bench trial on indictments which alleged that he uttered a check with intent to defraud and possessed a firearm while a convicted felon. The indictments followed a nolle prosequi in the general district court of warrants charging the identical offenses. Defendant complains on appeal that this procedure denied him a preliminary hearing on the original warrants in violation of Code § 19.2-218. Finding no error, we affirm the convictions.
On July 17, 1996, defendant was arrested on warrants charging the instant offenses. A witness…
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