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SANDERSON v. COMMONWEALTH

103 S.E.2d 800 (1958)

200 Va. 51

Catherine Elizabeth SANDERSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 16, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred H. Griffith, Buena Vista, Paul A. Holstein, Lexington, for plaintiff in error.

A. S. Harrison, Jr., Atty. Gen., Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

Case submitted on briefs.

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

BUCHANAN, Justice.

The defendant, Catherine Elizabeth Sanderson, on an indictment charging her with the murder of Andrew Morrison Franklin, Jr., was tried before a jury, found guilty of murder in the second degree and her punishment fixed at ten years in the penitentiary. From a judgment sentencing her in accordance with the verdict she obtained this writ of error and contends in her brief (1) that the Commonwealth failed...

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