Foley v. Commonwealth

Oct 10, 1989
Record No. 0639-87-3
Reporters:
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Before:
Koontz

Opinion

ON REHEARING EN BANC

KOONTZ, C.J.

In Foley v. Commonwealth, 8 Va. App. 149, 379 ‍​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‍S.E.2d 915 (1989), a panel of this Court held that the trial court erred by failing to exclude juror Hazel Allen for ‍​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‍cause. A majority of this Court 1 sitting en banc on September 15, 1989 pursuant to the Commonwealth’s request for rehearing determined that the trial ‍​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‍court erred for the reasons stated in the above cited opinion.

Barrow, J., Benton, J., Duff, J., and Keenan, J., concurred.

Moon, ‍​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‍J., joined by Cole, J., Coleman, J., Hodges, J., would affirm the judgment of the trial court for the reasons stated ‍​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‍in his dissenting opinion.

Notes

1

Judge Baker did not participate in the en banc proceeding.