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SKEENS v. COMMONWEALTH

64 S.E.2d 764 (1951)

192 Va. 200

SKEENS v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

May 7, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. B. Snidow, Samuel A. Martin, Pearisburg, for plaintiff in error.

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

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

HUDGINS, Chief Justice.

The judgment attacked in this case was entered on a verdict finding David Skeens guilty of unlawful wounding and fixing his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for five years. The Attorney General moved to dismiss the writ of error on the ground that the defendant did not file his notice of appeal and assignments of error within sixty days after final judgment.

The motion to dismiss involves the construction of Rule of Court...

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