Skip to page content
Power & PoliticsUnited States edition
Sections
Only your five-digit ZIP code is sent. We never ask for your address.
Independent · nonpartisan
Share the record

FILED

Fishback v. Commonwealth

FILED status graphic: Fishback v. Commonwealth. 991615 Fishback v. Commonwealth 06/09/2000 An armed robbery case is remanded for a new sentencing hearing because, upon request of a defendant or inquiry of the jury, a defendant in a non-capital trial for felony offenses committed on or after January 1, 1995 is entitled to have the jury instructed that parole has been abolished in Virginia, a matter materially vital in the penalty-determination phase of the criminal trial. Where applicable and upon request of the Commonwealth, the jury will al…
Illustrative anonymous person approaching a public clerk intake window · labeled illustrative in the graphic