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Criminal - Mandamus - J&DR Court - Deferred Disposition (access required)

By Deborah Elkins
Published: June 16, 2008

In this case in which a Danville Circuit Court judge issued a writ of mandamus to a Danville Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court judge purporting to order the judge not to defer disposition of a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, the Virginia Supreme Court vacates the writ of mandamus because ...
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