BUCHANAN v. COMMONWEALTH


173 S.E.2d 792 (1970)

210 Va. 664

Ronald Lee BUCHANAN, alias, etc. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Stephens, Jr., Williamsburg (Zepkin, Stephens & Rideout, Williamsburg, 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.


SNEAD, Chief Justice.

Ronald Lee Buchanan, defendant, was arraigned on November 1, 1968 on an indictment charging armed robbery. A jury was waived and trial by the court, on a plea of not guilty, was had on the same day. Defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of twenty years. To this judgment of conviction we granted defendant a writ of error.

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