General District Team

This team is comprised of one Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney’s Vaughn T. Breedlove, secretarial and paralegal support staff. This team handles all adult crime cases that begin in the General District Court, including capital murder, all drug offenses, welfare fraud, property crimes, all criminal misdemeanors, as well as traffic offenses. In addition, this court conducts preliminary hearings in felony crime cases to review evidence in deciding whether to refer the matter to a grand jury for indictment and trial in Circuit Court. This team handles all criminal cases in Circuit Court following those indictments. Defendants are entitled to jury trials in Circuit Court.

 

Members of the General District Team