SULLIVAN v. COMMONWEALTH


169 S.E.2d 577 (1969)

210 Va. 201

James Junior SULLIVAN, alias etc. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 5, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Bullock, Alexandria, for plaintiff in error.

Walter H. Ryland, 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.


GORDON, Justice.

The indictment in this case charged James Junior Sullivan with burglary of the Alexandria Housing Authority office on March 26, 1966. The trial court, sitting without a jury, convicted Sullivan of burglary and imposed a ten-year sentence. On this appeal Sullivan contends that (1) a stolen credit card was improperly admitted in evidence because it was seized during an illegal search of his person, and (2) the evidence was insufficient to sustain a...

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