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LEWIS v. COMMONWEALTH

179 S.E.2d 506 (1971)

211 Va. 684

Thomas Elmo LEWIS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Thompson, Richmond (Minor, Thompson, Savage, Smithers & Benedetti, Richmond, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

William T. Lehner, 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.

COCHRAN, Justice.

Thomas Elmo Lewis was tried by the court and found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. From the judgment order sentencing him to the Bureau of Corrections Field Unit for a period of 12 months we granted him a writ of error.

The sole question is whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction.

Shortly after 5.00 p.m. on Saturday, May 17, 1969, a 1968 Volkswagen being operated by Lewis in a westerly direction on West Broad...

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