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WOOD v. COMMONWEALTH

192 S.E.2d 808 (1972)

213 Va. 346

Cecil WOOD, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 27, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Hirschkop, Alexandria, Richard E. Crouch, Arlington, on brief, for plaintiff in error.

Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief, for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN and POFF, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The defendant, Cecil Wood, Jr., was convicted by the trial court, sitting without a jury, of rape. He was sentenced to death. His petition for writ of error, which we granted, presented the sole question of the constitutionality of the death sentence.

Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972), decided after we awarded the writ in this case, requires nullification of the defendant's death...

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