WAITT v. COMMONWEALTH


148 S.E.2d 805 (1966)

207 Va. 230

Robert W. WAITT, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 13, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Byron Parker, Richmond (Parker & Lane, Richmond, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

M. Harris Parker, 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.


BUCHANAN, Justice.

A grand jury of the Hustings Court of the City of Richmond, on October 5, 1964, returned an indictment against the appellant, Robert W. Waitt, Jr., herein referred to as defendant, charging him with the rape of Janet Lorraine Campbell, an infant fourteen years old. Code § 18.1-44.1

On his trial a jury found him guilty and fixed punishment at five years in the penitentiary. He was sentenced accordingly and...

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