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HOWARD v. COM.

Record No. 100912.

706 S.E.2d 885 (2011)

Ronnie Lee HOWARD v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 4, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth C. Weston , Roanoke, for appellant.

Rosemary V. Bourne , Assistant Attorney General ( Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: KINSER, C.J., LEMONS, GOODWYN, and MILLETTE, JJ., and LACY and KOONTZ, S.JJ.

OPINION BY Senior Justice ELIZABETH B. LACY.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the tolling provisions of Code § 19.2-243, the speedy trial statute, apply to a trial court order entered sua sponte continuing the defendant's trial date.

I.

FACTS

On March 3, 2008, Ronnie Lee Howard was indicted by the Grand Jury in the Circuit Court of Botetourt County for one count of credit card theft, Code § 18.2-192, and one count...

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