Supreme Court of Virginia· 10/16/1981

Justus v. Commonwealth

Citations

283 S.E.2d 905
222 Va. 667
1981 Va. LEXIS 357

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holding that “the conduct of a trial is committed to the trial judge’s discretion”
observing that “the right of self-representation is not a license . . . not to comply -9- with the relevant rules of procedural and substantive law” (quoting Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 834 n.46 (1975))
finding no abuse of discretion when a judge retried a defendant following the reversal of a capital murder conviction, as “the record fail[ed] to reveal any evidence of judicial prejudice”
trial judge did not abuse his discretion by retrying an accused after his capital murder conviction had been reversed
\A trial judge must exercise reasonable discretion to determine whether he possesses such bias or prejudice as would deny the defendant a fair trial.\
“A trial judge must exercise reasonable discretion to determine whether he possesses such bias or prejudice as would deny the defendant a fair trial.”

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Judges: Thompson

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