BARNETT v. COMMONWEALTH


170 S.E.2d 760 (1969)

Curtis Lee BARNETT v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

December 1, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Cowan, Fredericksburg (Franklin & Rawlings, Fredericksburg, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

D. Gardiner Tyler, Asst. Atty. Gen., (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN, and HARMAN, JJ.


GORDON, Justice.

Defendant Curtis Lee Barnett stands convicted of grand larceny after trial on an indictment charging that he stole articles belonging to one George Sharp. The question on this appeal is whether articles that were in Barnett's possession shortly after the theft were sufficiently identified as articles stolen from Sharp.

Sharp lived in a home in Stafford County located, according to his testimony, on Route 600 two miles after "you turn left...

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