HARRIS v. COMMONWEALTH


180 S.E.2d 520 (1971)

Frank Louis HARRIS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Gilmer, Richmond, for plaintiff in error.

William P. Robinson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., C. Tabor Cronk, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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


I'ANSON, Justice.

Defendant, Frank Louis Harris, was found guilty by a jury of uttering a forged instrument and his punishment fixed at six years in the penitentiary. Defendant was sentenced in accordance with the jury's verdict, and he is here on a writ of error.

Defendant contends that the trial court erred in (1) admitting evidence of an offense similar to the one for which he was on trial; and (2) refusing to set aside the verdict because the evidence...

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