LAND v. COMMONWEALTH


176 S.E.2d 586 (1970)

211 Va. 223

Peter Edward LAND v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia, (2 cases).

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 4, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell K. Clarke, Winston G. Snider, Virginia Beach (Clarke, Snider & Bruno, Virginia Beach, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

William T. Lehner, Special Counsel, Richmond (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., M. Harris Parker, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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


COCHRAN, Justice.

Peter Edward Land was tried and convicted by a jury upon two indictments charging him with the rape and murder of Mrs. Carol J. Dorschel. The verdict, fixing his punishment at life imprisonment upon each indictment, was approved by the trial court which sentenced Land accordingly. We granted him a writ of error to the judgment.

On December 18, 1967, the body of Mrs. Dorschel, who had last been seen alive shortly after she finished work at...

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