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Dowell v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia
Mar 10, 1992
14 Va. App. 58 (Va. Ct. App. 1992)

Opinion

47809

March 10, 1992

In the Court of Appeals of Virginia on Tuesday, the 10th day of March, 1992.

Before Chief Judge Koontz, Judges Baker, Benton, Bray, Coleman, Elder, Moon, and Willis

Stephen A. Palmer, for appellant.

Linwood M. Wells, Jr., Assistant Attorney General (Mary Sue Terry, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.


UPON REHEARING EN BANC OPINION

On August 20, 1991, a panel of this Court reversed and remanded the convictions of Gregory Michael Dowell. See 12 Va. App. 1145, 408 S.E.2d 263 (1991). A dissenting opinion was filed in the panel decision. The Commonwealth's petition for rehearing en banc was granted and heard on January 22, 1992. For the reasons stated in the panel's majority opinion, the convictions are reversed, the stay of this Court's August 20, 1991 mandate is lifted, and the matters are remanded to the Circuit Court of New Kent County.

Judges Baker and Moon would affirm the convictions for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion of the original panel decision.

The trial court shall allow court-appointed counsel for the appellant an additional $200 for services rendered the appellant on the rehearing portion of this appeal, in addition to counsel's costs and necessary direct out-of-pocket expenses.

This order shall be published and certified to the trial court.


Summaries of

Dowell v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia
Mar 10, 1992
14 Va. App. 58 (Va. Ct. App. 1992)
Case details for

Dowell v. Commonwealth

Case Details

Full title:Gregory Michael Dowell, Appellant, against Commonwealth of Virginia…

Court:Court of Appeals of Virginia

Date published: Mar 10, 1992

Citations

14 Va. App. 58 (Va. Ct. App. 1992)
414 S.E.2d 440

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