LUTTRELL v. COMMONWEALTH


160 S.E.2d 757 (1968)

Bernice LUTTRELL v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. Maurice LUTTRELL v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 22, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. E. Widener, Jr., D. H. Frackelton, Bristol (Widener, Widener & Frackelton, Bristol, on the brief), for plaintiffs in error, Bernice Luttrell and Maurice Luttrell.

William P. Bagwell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error, Commonwealth of Virginia.

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


HARRISON, Justice.

Bernice Luttrell and Maurice Luttrell, her husband, were convicted in the Municipal Court of Bristol under separate warrants charging each with maintaining a common nuisance in violation of Code § 4-81. Defendants appealed to the Corporation Court where they were tried together before a jury which found both guilty and fixed the punishment of each at 30 days in jail and a fine of $500. Separate judgments were entered upon the verdicts, and...

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