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WADE v. COMMONWEALTH

116 S.E.2d 99 (1960)

202 Va. 117

Wallace Parker WADE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 2, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayt B. Timberlake, Jr., Staunton, Humes J. Franklin, Waynesboro, for plaintiff in error.

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

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

SNEAD, Justice.

On September 25, 1958, Wallace Parker Wade, appellant, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter as a result of an automobile accident in which Fred Melvin Dickerson received fatal injuries. The jury fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years. The court, by its order of June 3, 1959, overruled defendant's motion to set the verdict aside and sentenced him to confinement in the penitentiary for a term of three...

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