CASTELL v. COM.

Record No. 1866-93-4.

461 S.E.2d 438 (1995)

21 Va. App. 78

Joseph R. CASTELL v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 12, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwight F. Jones, Asst. Public Defender (Steven T. Webster, Deputy Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.

Linwood T. Wells, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (James S. Gilmore, III, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: MOON, C.J., and BAKER, BENTON, COLEMAN, KOONTZ, WILLIS, ELDER, BRAY and FITZPATRICK, JJ.


UPON A REHEARING EN BANC

FITZPATRICK, Judge.

On February 14, 1995, a panel of this Court reversed the conviction of Joseph R. Castell (appellant) for escape from the custody of a law enforcement officer without the use of force or violence. The panel held that, "although the defendant may have fled or resisted arrest, he was never `lawfully in the custody' of the officer.'" Castell v. Commonwealth, 19 Va...

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