WILLIAMS v. COMMONWEALTH


188 S.E.2d 79 (1972)

212 Va. 818

Tyrone WILLIAMS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 24, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Dervishian, Richmond, for plaintiff in error.

Gilbert W. Haith, 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.


GORDON, Justice.

Defendant Tyrone Williams stands convicted of breaking and entering the store of Horace Jones, trading as Jones Appliance Center, with intent to steal. The question on this appeal is whether the evidence supported the conviction.

No one identified Williams as a participant in the crime. The only evidence linking Williams to the crime consisted of his fingerprints found on a television set stolen from the showroom of the store on the night...

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