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FARRIS v. COMMONWEALTH

163 S.E.2d 575 (1968)

209 Va. 305

Albert Wesley FARRIS, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 14, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Natkin, Lexington, for plaintiff in error.

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

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

I'ANSON, Justice.

Albert Wesley Farris, Jr., defendant, was indicted for rape of his seven-year-old daughter, Vicki Lynn Farris, on November 14, 1961. Farris being without funds to employ counsel of his own choosing, the trial court appointed two attorneys to represent him. Defendant pleaded not guilty on the ground of insanity. A jury found him guilty as charged in the indictment, fixed his punishment at confinement in the State penitentiary for life, and he was...

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