32 Va. App. 176 - Heath v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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1. “Where a district court has found that there is probable cause to believe that an adult has committed a felony, the accused, if he is held continuously in custody thereafter, shall be forever discharged from prosecution for such offense if no trial is commenced in the circuit court within five months from the date such probable cause was found by the district court____ V V ^ If an indictment or presentment is found against the accused but he has not been arrested for the offense charged therein, the five ... month[ ] period[ ] ... shall commence to run from the date of his arrest thereon. * * * * * * The provisions of this section shall not apply to such period of time as the failure to try the accused was caused: 4. By continuance granted on the motion of the accused or his counsel, or by concurrence of the accused or his counsel in such a motion by the attorney for the Commonwealth, or by the failure of the accused or his counsel to make a timely objection to such a motion by the attorney for the Commonwealth....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 55 Va. App. 417 - Howard v. Commonwealth