Legal Opinion
Jones v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 15, 1984No. Record 831483PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarrico, C.J.
Code § 19.2-259 provides in pertinent part that “[a] person tried for felony shall be personally present during the trial.” The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the defendant in a felony case may waive his right to be present at a view of the scene of the crime.
The question stems from the trial of Joseph Edward Jones, III, on a charge of possessing heroin with intent to distribute. Tried without a jury, Jones was found guilty and was sentenced to serve ten years in the penitentiary, with three years suspended during good behavior.
Jones was arrested as a result of a…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. Donald Laverne Carlson, United States of America v. Gary Clarend HofstadCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Remington v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2001
- Head v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1986
- Nunnally v. ArtisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1997
- Commonwealth v. EvansMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Tweedy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2004
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