SIGMON v. COMMONWEALTH


105 S.E.2d 171 (1958)

200 Va. 258

Henry James SIGMON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 13, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. A. Davis, III, Rocky Mount (B. A. Davis, Jr., Rocky Mount, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

John W. Knowles, Asst. Atty. Gen. (A. S. Harrison, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD, and I'ANSON, JJ.


SPRATLEY, Justice.

The sole question presented in this appeal is whether, under the facts and circumstances hereinafter stated, the provisions of § 19-232, Code of Virginia, 1950, entitle the plaintiff in error, Henry James Sigmon, to immunity from prosecution in the Circuit Court of Appomattox County, Virginia, for the specific offense here involved. Code § 19-232 reads as follows:

"If the same act be a violation of two or more statutes, or of two...

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