Title: Wright v. Commonwealth

State: virginia

Issuer: Virginia Supreme Court

Document:

VIRGINIA:
 
 
In the Supreme Court of Virginia held at the Supreme Court 
Building in the City of Richmond on Thursday, the 30th day of 
November, 2000. 
 
 
Arnold Ainley Wright, III, 
 
 
 
Appellant, 
 
 against     Record No. 001024 
 
 
   Court of Appeals No. 2306-98-2 
 
Commonwealth of Virginia, 
 
 
 
Appellee. 
 
 
 
 
Upon an appeal from a judgment rendered by the Court of 
Appeals of Virginia on the 4th day of April, 2000. 
 
 
 
Upon consideration of the record, briefs, and argument of 
counsel, the Court is of opinion that the Attorney General's motion 
to dismiss should be granted. 
 
The defendant's sole assignment of error is:  "The Circuit Court 
erred when it subsequently sentenced the Appellant to Five (5) years 
when the same Court had previously imposed the same sentence on the 
condition that the Appellant serve Twelve (12) months in the County 
Jail." 
 
The defendant abandoned the foregoing issue in the Court of 
Appeals of Virginia, Wright v. Commonwealth, 32 Va. App. 148, 154, 
526 S.E.2d 784, 787 (2000), and he may not resurrect the issue here. 
Moreover, the defendant's arguments in this appeal, both on brief and 
orally, are not encompassed within the assignment of error.  This 
Court considers only questions that are properly presented by an 
appropriate assignment of error. 
 
Accordingly, and because the circuit court had jurisdiction to 
revoke defendant's suspended sentence at the June 25, 1998 revocation 
hearing, this appeal is hereby dismissed. 
 
It is ordered that the Circuit Court of Chesterfield County 
allow counsel for the appellant a fee of $725 for services rendered 
the appellant on this appeal, in addition to counsel's costs and 
necessary direct out-of-pocket expenses. 
 
The Commonwealth shall recover of the appellant the amount paid 
court-appointed counsel to represent him in this proceeding, 
counsel's costs and necessary direct out-of-pocket expenses, and the 
costs in this Court and in the courts below. 
 
This order shall be published in the Virginia Reports and shall 
be certified to the Court of Appeals of Virginia and to the Circuit 
Court of Chesterfield County. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A Copy, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Teste: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  David B. Beach, Clerk 
 
 
Costs due the Commonwealth 
 by appellant in Supreme 
 Court of Virginia: 
 
 
Attorney's fee 
 $725.00 plus costs and expenses 
 
Teste: 
  David B. Beach, Clerk