Hernandez Claim Not Preserved After Plea Withdrawal

By Deborah Elkins
Published: July 21, 2011

Tags: Criminal, Judge Cleo E. Powell, Virginia Court of Appeals

A majority of the Court of Appeals affirms defendant’s conviction for petit larceny because she conceded the sufficiency of the evidence for conviction after withdrawing her guilty plea and her counsel failed to present to the trial court her argument about its inherent authority to defer disposition and dismiss, a question left open in Hernandez ...

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