16.1-136 - How appeal tried.
§ 16.1-136. How appeal tried.
Any appeal taken under the provisions of this chapter shall be heard de novoin the appellate court and shall be tried without formal pleadings inwriting; and, except in the case of an appeal from any order or judgment of acourt not of record forfeiting any recognizance or revoking any suspension ofsentence, the accused shall be entitled to trial by a jury in the same manneras if he had been indicted for the offense in the circuit court.
(1956, c. 555.)