Title: Commonwealth v. Price

State: virginia

Issuer: Virginia Supreme Court

Document:

Present:  All the Justices 
 
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA 
 
 
 
    PER CURIAM 
v.  Record No. 980061 
November 6, 1998 
 
JAMES ARTHUR PRICE, JR. 
 
FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA 
 
 
In this appeal, the Court reviews a judgment of the Court 
of Appeals holding that the accused was held continuously in 
custody in excess of five months from a finding of probable 
cause until trial in violation of Code § 19.2-243, the so-called 
"speedy trial" statute.  Price v. Commonwealth, 25 Va. App. 655, 
492 S.E.2d 447 (1997). 
 
For the reasons set forth in the opinion of the Court of 
Appeals, we will affirm that court's judgment.  See Jackson v. 
Commonwealth, 255 Va. 625, 642, 499 S.E.2d 538, 549 (1998).