Record Inadequate to Review Failure-to-Appear Conviction 
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Published: January 28, 2011
Tags: Criminal, Judge Walter S. Felton Jr., Virginia Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals affirms defendant’s conviction of felony failure-to-appear, as the record is inadequate to allow review of his claim that at the time of his scheduled trial, there was no pending felony charge for which he failed to appear.
The record on appeal is woefully incomplete. It contains two indictments, one charging defendant with ...
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