ListView SelectedItems Count Trouble ...

I have a ListView that I set the default SelectedItem in code. Which works as it should on the UI. But immediately after setting the selected item if I check for it it returns false. What am I missing? Here is my code ... // Set the first item to selected someListView.Items[0].Selected = true; // Check the Selected Item Count .. it should be 1 BUT isnt??? someCount = someListView.SelectedItems.Count; As stated above the UI works as it should be the count is still zero. Thoughts? Much thanks, An0n