Court Opinion

ID: 9586332
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:09:34.858688+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:28:47.259676
License: Public Domain

CARRICO, C.J.,
dissenting.
Article VI, § 1 of the Constitution of Virginia states that “[n]o appeal shall be allowed to the Commonwealth in a case involving the life or liberty of a person, except ... in any court involving the violation of a law relating to the State revenue.” Yet, the majority holds today that the Commonwealth may appeal an order letting a defendant to bail in an ordinary criminal case. I think such an order involves the “liberty of a person” and, hence, that the majority’s holding offends art. VI, § 1. I would dismiss this appeal as improvidently awarded and not reach the other questions involved in the case.