Six Months for Nonappearance Reversed

By Deborah Elkins
Published: November 3, 2011

Tags: Criminal, Judge Robert P. Frank, Virginia Court of Appeals

The Court of Appeals reverses defendant’s six month sentence for failure to appear and remands for sentencing not to exceed the statutory maximum of 10 days; defendant may raise this jurisdictional issue on appeal. Defendant was charged with motor vehicle offenses for evading and eluding and repeat offense driving with a suspended license. He failed ...

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