McCray v. Commonwealth

ELDER, Judge.

Curtis Sam McCray (appellant) appeals from his three convictions for distributing cocaine, entered on his conditional guilty pleas. On appeal, he contends the convictions violated his statutory speedy trial rights pursuant to Code § 19.2-243. We hold appellant’s statutory speedy trial rights were not violated, and we affirm the convictions. 1

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BACKGROUND

On May 10, 2002, the grand jury indicted appellant for three counts of distributing cocaine. Appellant was arrested on the direct indictment on May 17, 2002, and incarcerated. By letter dated September 19, 2002, the Commonwealth’s…