Case Name: Alfred Austin Goodrich v. Commonwealth of Virginia
Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1969-12-03
Citations: 210 Va. 295
Docket Number: Record No. 7296
Parties: Alfred Austin Goodrich v. Commonwealth of Virginia.
Judges: 
Reporter: Virginia Reports
Volume: 210
Pages: 295–295

Head Matter:
Richmond
Alfred Austin Goodrich v. Commonwealth of Virginia.
December 3, 1969.
Record No. 7296.
Present, All the Justices.
James D. Davis (McCaul, Grigsby and Pearsall, on brief), for petitioner.
W. Luke Witt, Assistant Attorney General (Robert Y. Button, Attorney General; Reno S. Harp, III, Assistant Attorney General, on brief), for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The object of this proceeding is to prohibit the Circuit Court of Arlington County from trying the petitioner for a criminal offense. Aside from the fact that the Commonwealth rather than the judges of that court has been made the defendant, we cannot properly issue a writ of prohibition because no criminal proceeding is pending against the petitioner in the Circuit Court of Arlington County. Therefore, we do not reach the merits.
Writ denied.