SMITH v. COMMONWEALTH


186 S.E.2d 65 (1972)

212 Va. 606

Ronald Lee SMITH v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon H. Shapiro, Roanoke, 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 I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN, and HARMAN, J J.


HARRISON, Justice.

Ronald Lee Smith was tried by the court below on an indictment charging him with statutory burglary, found guilty, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a period of three years. He was sentenced accordingly, and we granted him a writ of error.

On March 4, 1970 the Fred P. Williamson home, located in Botetourt County, was burglarized and various articles of personal property, including a .32 caliber automatic...

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