LINTON v. COMMONWEALTH


65 S.E.2d 534 (1951)

192 Va. 437

LINTON v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 18, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. A. MacKenzie, R. Winston Bain, Portsmouth, for plaintiff in error.

Atty. Gen. J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. Frederick T. Gray, for the Commonwealth.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER and WHITTLE, JJ.


MILLER, Justice.

At the November term, 1948, of the Circuit Court of Norfolk county, Hazel Linton was indicted for perjury. She was an indigent person and the court appointed two capable members of the local bar as her counsel. Secs. 19-167 and 19-214.1, Code, 1950.

Upon her arraignment on November 30, 1948, she pleaded guilty. The order of that day recites that the court "fully heard the evidence and argument of counsel", but it also discloses that on motion...

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