Court Opinion

ID: 9464952
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 23:47:14.998921+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:38:53.951625
License: Public Domain

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
I believe that it was mandatory for the Circuit Court to make a finding in this case that the appellant could not “be adequately controlled or induced to lead a correct life by use of the various disciplinary and corrective measures available to the court under the law” before imposing sentence and that the failure to do so invalidated the sentence. I would grant habeas relief. See, § 16.1-177.1, Code of Virginia, and Norwood v. City of Richmond (1962) 203 Va. 886, 128 S.E.2d 425, 428-9.