Court Opinion

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COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA

Present: Judges Willis, Bumgardner and Senior Judge Overton
Argued at Richmond, Virginia

ARTIS ORLANDO McDONALD
                                            MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY
v.      Record No. 0679-99-2            JUDGE RUDOLPH BUMGARDNER, III
                                                 MAY 16, 2000
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

             FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND
                    Ernest P. Gates, Judge Designate

             Elwood Earl Sanders, Jr., Appellate Defender
             (S. Jane Chittom, Appellate Counsel; Public
             Defender Commission, on briefs), for
             appellant.

             Stephen R. McCullough, Assistant Attorney
             General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General;
             Leah A. Darron, Assistant Attorney General,
             on brief), for appellee.

        A jury convicted the defendant of malicious wounding and

use of a firearm in the commission of malicious wounding.     On

appeal, the defendant claims the circuit court lacked

jurisdiction because the Commonwealth failed to serve notice of

the proceeding in the juvenile and domestic relations district

court upon his father as required by former Code §§ 16.1-263 and

-264.     We conclude the trial court had jurisdiction and affirm

the convictions.

     * Pursuant to Code § 17.1-413, recodifying Code
§ 17-116.010, this opinion is not designated for publication.
     Petitions charging the offenses were filed in the juvenile

and domestic relations district court.    The offense date was

January 10, 1997.   The juvenile and domestic relations district

court found probable cause and certified the charges.    The grand

jury indicted the defendant, and the circuit court tried the

defendant with a jury, which convicted.

     Moore v. Commonwealth, 259 Va. 405, 410, __ S.E.2d __, __

(2000), held that Code § 16.1-269.1(E) cured a defect in a

juvenile court proceeding resulting from failure to notify the

defendant's father of the proceedings pursuant to Code

§§ 16.1-263 and -264.   Code § 16.1-269.1(E) applies to offenses

committed after July 1, 1996.   This offense occurred after that

date, and a grand jury indicted the defendant.   Accordingly, the

indictment cured any defect that occurred, and we affirm the

convictions.

                                                          Affirmed.

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