Criminal – Dogfighting Indictment – Sufficiency

By Deborah Elkins
Published: September 29, 2008

A defendant convicted of violation of Virginia’s dogfighting statute, Va. Code § 3.1-796.124, has waited too long – 16 months after conviction – to mount a challenge to his indictment, a Chesapeake Circuit Court rules; also, the commonwealth was not required to show “organized” dogfighting, and there was sufficient evidence to convict defendant under the ...

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