GUTHRIE v. COMMONWEALTH


186 S.E.2d 26 (1972)

212 Va. 550

Clarence GUTHRIE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Beaver, Richmond, for plaintiff in error.

Burnett Miller, III, 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.

Clarence Guthrie, the defendant, entered a plea of guilty to an indictment charging that he did "... unlawfully and feloniously escape from the custody of officers while being confined for a conviction of a felony." The trial court sentenced him to confinement for a term of ten years in the state penitentiary.

Guthrie alleges that the trial court erred in ". . . imposing a greater sentence than the penalty called for in the indictment."

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