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JEFFERSON v. COM.

Record No. 2943-95-1.

479 S.E.2d 80 (1996)

23 Va. App. 652

Pernell JEFFERSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Norfolk.

December 31, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph D. Stowe, Norfolk (Stowe & Stanton, P.C., on briefs), for appellant.

Michael T. Judge, Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: BAKER, BENTON and OVERTON, JJ.

OVERTON, Judge.

Pernell Jefferson entered a plea of guilty to burglary, reserving the right to appeal on the grounds that his statutory and constitutional speedy trial rights were violated. We hold that none of his rights were violated, and we affirm his conviction.

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In May 1989, Jefferson, armed with a deadly weapon, broke into the Chesapeake City house of Regina Butkowski and abducted her. At some later point, he shot and killed her. In March...

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