· 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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