57 Va. App. 171 - Canty v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2010
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2 state decisions
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Relies on Grant v. Commonwealth · Slayton v. Commonwealth · Dyke v. Commonwealth · 12 Va. App. 81 - Davis v. Commonwealth · 42 Va. App. 264 - Central Virginia Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates, P.C. v. Whitfield
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“(A) In any case in which the court has suspended the execution or imposition of sentence, the court may revoke the suspension of sentence for any cause the court deems sufficient that occurred at any time within the probation period, or within the period of suspension fixed by the court. ^ ^ ^ ^ (C) If the court, after hearing, finds good cause to believe that the defendant has violated the terms of suspension, then: (i) if the court originally suspended the imposition of sentence, the court shall revoke the suspension, and the court may pronounce whatever sentence might have been originally imposed or (ii) if the court originally suspended the execution of the sentence, the court shall revoke the suspension and the original sentence shall be in full force and effect. The court may again suspend all or any part of this sentence and may place the defendant upon terms and conditions or probation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[H]ad Canty's September 2008 drug possession been raised at the first revocation hearing, and had the trial court determined it was not grounds for a revocation, Code § 19.2-306(D) would have precluded it from being used in any later hearing for this purpose.”). Therefore, both under Code § 19.2-306 and under Canty , the determinative factor is whether the trial court has rejected the defendant's alleged conduct as a basis for revocation at an earlier revocation hearing by making a finding of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“If any court has, after hearing, found no cause to impose a sentence that might have been originally imposed, or to revoke a suspended sentence or probation, then any further hearing to impose a sentence or revoke a suspended sentence or probation, based solely on the alleged violation for which the hearing was held, shall be barred.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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