1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.E.2d
  4. 161 S.E.2d
  5. 161 S.E.2d 787 (1968)
 

CARDWELL v. COMMONWEALTH

161 S.E.2d 787 (1968)

209 Va. 68

Martin Pete CARDWELL v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 10, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. Bowie, Bristol (R. Russell Myers, Bristol, 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.

I'ANSON, Justice.

On May 2, 1966, Martin Pete Cardwell, herein called defendant, was indicted by a grand jury in the Corporation Court of the City of Bristol on a charge of statutory burglary, and upon suggestion of his court-appointed attorney that defendant's sanity was in question the trial court committed him to Southwestern State Hospital to ascertain his mental condition. The superintendent of the hospital notified...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases