Opinion
Record No. 962512
September 12, 1997
Present: Carrico, C.J., Compton, Stephenson, Lacy, Hassell, Keenan, and Koontz, JJ.
Justice Stephenson participated in the hearing and decision on this case prior to the effective date of his retirement on July 1, 1997.
The Court of Appeals did not err in ruling that the trial court had jurisdiction to try the appellant for violation of Code § 18.2-49.] (A) or that Fairfax County was the proper venue in which to prosecute the appellant for that violation, and that judgment is affirmed.
Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
Affirmed.
William D. Pickett for appellant.
Marla Graff Decker, Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.
In this case, we awarded appellant an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeals holding that the trial court did not err in ruling (1) that the trial court had jurisdiction to try appellant for violation of Code § 18.2-49.1 (A), and (2) that Fairfax County was the proper venue in which to prosecute the appellant for that violation. Foster-Zahid v. Commonwealth, 23 Va. App. 430, 477 S.E.2d 759 (1996).
We have considered these questions, and for the reasons stated in the opinion of the Court of Appeals, we will affirm the judgment below.
Affirmed.