MASSIE v. COMMONWEALTH


177 S.E.2d 615 (1970)

211 Va. 429

Thurston MASSIE, etc. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 30, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Andrew Nea, Jr., Richmond (Wallerstein, Goode, Dobbins & Shuford, Richmond, on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

Robert L. Simpson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on the brief), for defendant in error.

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


HARRISON, Justice.

Thurston Massie appeals from a judgment of the court below sentencing him to two years in the penitentiary for statutory burglary. The indictment charged that the defendant Massie, on December 15, 1967, did break and enter the office of Bradley's Sawmill in Amherst County, and did steal $15 therefrom.

T. Worth Bradley testified that his mill, located approximately 14 miles from Amherst, was burglarized...

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