SAUNDERS v. COMMONWEALTH


177 S.E.2d 637 (1970)

211 Va. 399

Marvin Fortune SAUNDERS, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia, (two cases).

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 30, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Kilgore, Amherst, for plaintiff in error.

Anthony F. Troy, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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


CARRICO, Justice.

Upon his trial for burglary and grand larceny, Marvin Fortune Saunders, Jr., the defendant, was convicted by the jury, and his punishment was fixed at three years in the penitentiary on each charge. To the final order approving the verdicts and imposing the sentences, the defendant was granted writs of error.

The sufficiency of the evidence to convict is not questioned on appeal, so a detailed...

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