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· 4/27/1970

Forester v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 210 Va. 764
  • 173 S.E.2d 851
  • 1970 Va. LEXIS 197

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “[A] defendant may legally waive an indictment and be tried for a felony without any indictment at all.”
  • “[A] defendant may legally waive an indictment and be tried for a felony without any indictment at all.”
  • “[I]t seems clear that [a defendant’s] constitutional rights are not violated by requiring that, if he questions the validity of an indictment that is made, he shall do so before he goes to trial on a plea of not guilty and is convicted.”

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Judges: Harman

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