CHRISTIAN v. COMMONWEALTH


168 S.E.2d 112 (1969)

210 Va. 117

Harvey CHRISTIAN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 16, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Wooten, Roanoke (Hunter, Fox, Trabue & Renick, Roanoke, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

William P. Bagwell, Jr., 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.


HARRISON, Justice.

The defendant, Harvey Christian, seeks a reversal of the judgment of the lower court convicting him of statutory burglary and sentencing him to two years in the penitentiary. He alleges that the evidence is insufficient.

On April 13, 1967, Officer J. E. Castleman, of the Roanoke City Police Department, arrested defendant and his companion for drunknness. The arrest was made on Albemarle Street...

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