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LAWSON v. COM.

Record No. 0998-01-2.

561 S.E.2d 775 (2002)

Charles Dean LAWSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

April 9, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd M. Ritter (Daniels & Morgan, on brief), Chester, for appellant.

Donald E. Jeffrey, III, Assistant Attorney General (Randolph A. Beales, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: BENTON and CLEMENTS, JJ., and COLEMAN, Senior Judge.

BENTON, Judge.

The trial judge convicted Charles Dean Lawson of the felony of willfully failing to appear in the circuit court in violation of Code § 19.2-128(B), Lawson contends the statute does not apply to his failure to appear for a "show cause" hearing concerning a probation violation. We agree and reverse the conviction.

I.

A grand jury indicted Lawson for "feloniously fail[ing] to appear before the circuit court ... as required after...

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