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Griswold v. Commonwealth
No. 951794Supreme Court of Virginia
951794 Griswold v. Commonwealth 06/07/1996 Since the defendant had been unrepresented by counsel in two prior DUI convictions within the prior 5 to 10 years of the one here being appealed, and one of those con…
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951794 Griswold v. Commonwealth 06/07/1996 Since the defendant had been unrepresented by counsel in two prior DUI convictions wit…
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951794 Griswold v. Commonwealth 06/07/1996 Since the defendant had been unrepresented by counsel in two prior DUI convictions within the prior 5 to 10 years of the one here being appealed, and one of those convictions resulted in a two day jail sentence and therefore was a violation of his constitutionally guaranteed right to counsel, his conviction in this case based on evidence of those convictions is reversed and the case is remanded for
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951794 Griswold v. Commonwealth 06/07/1996 Since the defendant had been unrepresented by counsel in two prior DUI convictions within the prior 5 to 10 years of the one here being appealed, and one of those convictions resulted in a two day jail sentence and therefore was a violation of his constitutionally guaranteed right to counsel, his conviction in this case based on evidence of those convictions is reversed and the case is remanded for
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