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BIDDLE v. COMMONWEALTH

141 S.E.2d 710 (1965)

206 Va. 14

Shirley Mae BIDDLE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 26, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Gurkin, Jr., Norfolk, for plaintiff in error.

D. Gardiner Tyler, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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

I'ANSON, Justice.

Defendant, Shirley Mae Biddle, having waived a jury trial, was tried by the court on an indictment charging her with the murder of her three-month-old baby girl and found guilty of murder in the first degree. After receiving a report from the probation officer, the trial court fixed her punishment and sentenced her to the State penitentiary for a period of twenty years. We granted her a writ of error.

Defendant contends that the trial court...

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