PENN v. COMMONWEALTH


169 S.E.2d 409 (1969)

210 Va. 213

Thomas Lee PENN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 5, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. R. Ryder, Richmond, for plaintiff in error.

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

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


HARRISON, Justice.

Thomas Lee Penn seeks a reversal of a sentence of life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for the murder of Cynthia Johnson. He was convicted by a jury in the Hustings Court of the City of Richmond on December 17, 1966, and judgment on the sentence was accordingly imposed by the trial court.

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