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DURRETTE v. COMMONWEALTH

113 S.E.2d 842 (1960)

201 Va. 842

Sharon Emanuel DURRETTE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 25, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. C. Wingfield, Charlottesville, for plaintiff in error.

Thomas M. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen. (A. S. Harrison, Jr., Atty. Gen, on brief), for defendant in error.

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

BUCHANAN, Justice.

A grand jury of Nelson county on September 22, 1958, returned an indictment against the defendant, Sharon Emanuel Durrette, containing two counts, one charging him with attempting to rape Mrs. Annie Henderson Ferguson, and the other with maliciously wounding her. On his trial to a jury he was found guilty of the charge of attempted rape and sentenced to twenty-seven years in the penitentiary, the punishment ascertained by the jury. We granted him...

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