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OPANOWICH v. COMMONWEALTH

83 S.E.2d 432 (1954)

196 Va. 342

Viola OPANOWICH v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Nemeth, Leonard S. Sattler, Arlington, John G. Drake, Falls Church, for plaintiff in error.

J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen, Francis C. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen, for defendant in error.

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

SPRATLEY, Justice.

The defendant, Mrs. Viola Opanowich, has been sentenced to serve twelve years in the penitentiary for killing her infant son, pursuant to the verdict of a jury finding her guilty of murder in the second degree. She asks us to reverse and set aside the judgment of conviction as contrary to the law and the evidence. More specifically, she contends that the evidence did not establish the corpus delicti, that the trial court erred in admitting...

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