Gilchrist v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing the legal system should seek to administer “speedy justice”
• recognizing the legal system should seek to administer “speedy justice”
• reversing trial court’s order denying continuance motion where “counsel were not afforded a reasonable time to investigate and prepare the trial of a serious, complex case”
• balancing the Commonwealth’s witness availability against the defendant’s right to present evidence in his defense when reviewing a trial court’s ruling on the defendant’s motion for a continuance
• balancing the Commonwealth’s witness availability against the defendant’s right to present evidence in his defense when reviewing a trial court’s ruling on the defendant’s motion for a continuance
• reviewing for an abuse of discretion a trial court’s ruling on a defendant’s motion for a continuance so that he could investigate evidence and exercise his constitutional right “to call for evidence in his favor” (quoting Cremeans’ Case, 104 Va. 860, 863 (1905))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).