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WANSLEY v. COMMONWEALTH

171 S.E.2d 678 (1970)

Thomas Carlton WANSLEY v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia (two cases).

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 19, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Hirschkop, Alexandria, William M. Kunstler, New York City (Charles M. L. Mangum, Lynchburg, Arthur Kinoy, New York City, Cohen, Hirschkop, Hall & Jackson, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Gerald L. Baliles, Anthony F. Troy, Asst. Attys. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., W. Luke Witt, Reno S. Harp, III and Edward J. White, Asst. Attys. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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

GORDON, Justice.

This appeal follows Thomas C. Wansley's third trial, in March 1967, for the alleged rape and robbery of one Annie Carter.1 The jury found Wansley guilty and imposed a life sentence for each offense. The trial court sentenced Wansley in accordance with the jury verdict for the rape, but reduced his sentence to twenty years imprisonment for the robbery.2 Although defense counsel have assigned...

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