MARTIN v. COMMONWEALTH


173 S.E.2d 794 (1970)

210 Va. 686

David Neal MARTIN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo R. Andrews, Jr., Arlington, for plaintiff in error.

A. R. Woodroof, 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.


CARRICO, Justice.

David Neal Martin, the defendant, was convicted by a jury of attempted robbery, and his punishment was fixed at eighteen months in the penitentiary. The trial court approved the verdict and imposed the sentence fixed by the jury. The defendant was granted a writ of error.

The evidence shows that at approximately 2 a. m. on January 28, 1968, Robert Mason was asleep in an automobile parked on Walter Reed Drive in Arlington County. He was awakened...

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