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WANSLEY v. COMMONWEALTH

137 S.E.2d 870 (1964)

205 Va. 419

Thomas Carlton WANSLEY v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 11, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Kunstler, New York City, L. W. Holt, Washington, D. C. (Arthur Kinoy, New York City, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

W. P. Bagwell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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

WHITTLE, Justice.

(In considering this case see Wansley v. Commonwealth, 137 S.E.2d 865, this day decided.)

Thomas Carlton Wansley, a negro youth age 17, was tried as an adult in the corporation court of the city of Lynchburg on February 7, 1963, under two indictments charging him with robbery and rape of one Annie Carter, a mature white woman. Wansley entered pleas of not guilty...

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