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TILTON v. COMMONWEALTH

85 S.E.2d 368 (1955)

196 Va. 774

Lanvee Irby TILTON and Grover Willie Newman, v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 17, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. L. Tompkins, Hillsville, for plaintiffs in error.

J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., Henry T. Wickham, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

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

EGGLESTON, Justice.

This writ of error brings to us for review a final judgment of the court below by which Lanvee Irby Tilton, aged seventeen, and Grover Willie Newman, aged twenty-three, were sentenced to death by electrocution after each had pleaded guilty to an indictment for murder. The determination of the questions presented requires a full statement of the proceedings below, as well as the undisputed underlying facts.

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