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LEWIS v. COMMONWEALTH

191 S.E.2d 232 (1972)

213 Va. 156

Richard Warren LEWIS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 1, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Hundley, Richmond (Hundley, Taylor & Glass, Richmond, on brief), 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, HARRISON, COCHRAN and HARMAN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Richard Warren Lewis (defendant or Lewis) waived a trial by jury and was convicted of forgery and uttering a forged check. Jimmy Harris was the purported maker of the check which was drawn on the Bank of Virginia. Lewis was sentenced to serve a term of four years in the penitentiary on the forgery conviction. Imposition of sentence was suspended on the uttering conviction. We granted a writ of error.

Lewis' convictions rest solely on the testimony...

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