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BRICKHOUSE v. COMMONWEALTH

159 S.E.2d 611 (1968)

208 Va. 533

Elvin BRICKHOUSE, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Hugo Madison, Norfolk (Edward Delk, Norfolk, on the brief), 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.

EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

At the September, 1966 term of the court below three separate indictments were found against Elvin Brickhouse, Jr., a Negro, charging him, respectively, with rape, robbery and abduction of Vera Lynn Shaw, a white woman.1 On November 22 the defendant pleaded not guilty to each of the charges, by consent a jury was waived, and he was tried by the court. After hearing the evidence the court dictated an opinion finding...

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