1755071 Stuart Bruce Dickens v. Commonwealth of Virginia 07/29/2008

State: Virginia

Court: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Clerk

Docket No: 1755071

Case Date: 07/29/2008

Plaintiff: 1755071 Stuart Bruce Dickens

Defendant: Commonwealth of Virginia 07/29/2008

Preview:COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA

Present:  Judges Frank, Humphreys and Millette
Argued at Chesapeake, Virginia

STUART BRUCE DICKENS
   OPINION BY
v. Record No. 1755-07-1 JUDGE ROBERT P. FRANK
JULY 29, 2008
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF NORFOLK
Alfred M. Tripp, Judge

  Robert H. Knight, III, Assistant Public Defender (Office of the Public Defender, on briefs), for appellant.

  Jennifer C. Williamson, Assistant Attorney General (Robert F. McDonnell, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Stuart Bruce Dickens, appellant, was convicted of violating the terms of probation.  On appeal, he contends the trial court, by accepting an affidavit that he failed to register as a sex offender, violated his Fourteenth Amendment due process right of confrontation.  For the reasons stated, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
BACKGROUND
On March 15, 2005, appellant was convicted of failing to register as a violent sex offender in violation of Code

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