Commonwealth v. Washington

559 S.E.2d 636 (2002)

263 Va. 298

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia

v.

Darrell WASHINGTON.

Record No. 010913.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 1, 2002.

Virginia B. Theisen, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Randolph A. Bates, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellant.

Janell M. Wolfe, Arlington, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

LEROY R. HASSELL, Sr., Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether a defendant waived his double jeopardy protections afforded by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

I

Darrell Washington was indicted by a grand jury in Arlington County for robbery in violation of Code § 18.2-58 and…