JOHNSON v. COMMONWEALTH


160 S.E.2d 793 (1968)

Carthon JOHNSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 22, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr., Warsaw, for plaintiff in error.

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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


CARRICO, Justice.

Carthon Johnson, the defendant, was convicted by the jury of burglary (Code, § 18.1-86); and his punishment was fixed at ten years in the penitentiary. Following approval of the verdict and imposition of punishment by the trial court, the defendant was granted a writ of error.

The sole question to be decided is whether the trial court improperly admitted into evidence an oral confession made by the defendant to law enforcement officers...

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