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COLEMAN v. COMMONWEALTH

179 S.E.2d 470 (1971)

211 Va. 571

Wilson Alexander COLEMAN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. James W. STROTHER v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray J. Janus, Richmond (William B. Kerkam, III, Bremner, Byrne & Baber, Richmond, on brief), for Wilson Alexander Coleman.

Ralph L. Axselle, Jr., Richmond (Cole, Wells & Bradshaw, Richmond, on brief), for James W. Strother.

William P. Bagwell, Jr., 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.

PER CURIAM.

Defendants Wilson A. Coleman and James W. Strother appeal from an order convicting each of them of attempted grand larceny as charged in separate indictments.

The evidence showed that Strother was arrested while in the act of prying open the trunk of a car that contained a money bag, which Strother knew was in the trunk and which he thought contained money, but which was in fact empty. The trunk also contained a camera, a movie projector and a...

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