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DOBIE v. COMMONWEALTH

96 S.E.2d 747 (1957)

198 Va. 762

Lloyd Junius DOBIE, alias Lloyd James Fields, Lloyd Junius Fields, Lloyd James Doby and Dock Doby, v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 11, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland D. Ealey, Richmond, for plaintiff in error.

Thomas M. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., on the brief), for defendant in error.

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

BUCHANAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Southampton county entered on March 10, 1956, refusing to set aside and annul an order of that court entered on November 11, 1955, finding the defendant, Lloyd Junius Dobie, alias, etc., guilty of rape, for which he was on December 6, 1955, sentenced to death.

At the May term, 1955, the grand jury of the county returned two indictments against the defendant, one charging him with robbery...

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