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TOWNES v. COMMONWEALTH

204 S.E.2d 269 (1974)

Lorenzo TOWNES v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 22, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. David Hawkins, Lynchburg (Overbey & Overbey, Rustburg, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Gilbert W. Haith, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN and POFF, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant, Lorenzo Townes, was tried by a jury and found guilty of rape (Code § 18.1-44). He was sentenced to a term of 18 years in the State Penitentiary, and we granted him a writ of error.

Defendant has assigned error to the trial court's action, inter alia, in overruling (1) his motion to suppress a key found on the ground at the scene of the crime and (2) his motion to suppress an alleged confession.

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