0104941 Bobby Ray Edwards v Commonwealth 10/03/1995

State: Virginia

Court: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Clerk

Docket No: 0104941

Case Date: 10/03/1995

Plaintiff: 0104941 Bobby Ray Edwards

Defendant: Commonwealth 10/03/1995

Preview:COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Baker, Benton and Bray Argued at Norfolk, Virginia BOBBY RAY EDWARDS v. Record No. 0104-94-1 OPINION BY JUDGE JOSEPH E. BAKER OCTOBER 3, 1995

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS Robert W. Curran, Judge David B. Olson for appellant. Eugene Murphy, Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Bobby Ray Edwards (appellant) appeals from his convictions by the Circuit Court of the City of Newport News (trial court) for malicious wounding, use of a firearm, and possession of a firearm or concealed weapon by a felon. This appeal is limited

to the question whether the trial court committed reversible error in allowing appellant to waive counsel and proceed pro se without properly advising him of the potential consequences of his actions. trial court. Appellant was arrested on October 31, 1992 and charged with malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of the felony, and possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony. On November 3, 1992, he appeared in the General District Finding no error, we affirm the judgments of the

Court of Newport News where a preliminary hearing on the charges was held. Code

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