Case Title: Dunham v. Commonwealth

Citation: 

Docket Number: 120465

State: virginia

Court: Virginia Supreme Court

Date: 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z

Document:
PRESENT:  All the Justices 
 
ROBERT BATTEN DUNHAM, JR. 
 
v.  Record No. 120465 
     PER CURIAM 
 
 
 
     November 1, 2012 
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA 
 
 
FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA 
 
 
We awarded an appeal in this case from the Court of Appeals 
of Virginia based on the following assignments of error: 
 
1. 
The Court of Appeals erred in failing to 
find that [a 1998 circuit court] Order was void, 
thereby making the 2010 Order void, where the 1998 
Order impermissibly extended the length of time of 
Dunham’s previously suspended sentence. 
 
 
2. 
The Court of Appeals erred in finding that 
the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction to 
revoke Dunham’s previously suspended sentence and 
extend the period of suspension, where the period of 
suspension had expired and the 1998 Order extending 
the period of suspension was void. 
 
 
3. 
The Court of Appeals erred in finding that 
Dunham may not challenge the 1998 Order in this 
appeal, where Dunham’s 2010 probation violation 
conviction is predicated upon the void 1998 Order. 
 
 
 
We have considered the assignments of error, and for the 
reasons stated in Dunham v. Commonwealth, 59 Va. App. 634, 721 
S.E.2d 824 (2012), we will affirm the judgment of the Court of 
Appeals. 
Affirmed.