HEWITT v. COMMONWEALTH


194 S.E.2d 893 (1973)

213 Va. 605

Richard Thomas HEWITT, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 5, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Humes J. Franklin, Jr., Waynesboro (Franklin, Poindexter & Franklin, Waynesboro, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

William A. Carter, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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


PER CURIAM.

Richard Thomas Hewitt, Jr. was tried by the court without a jury on an indictment charging him with larceny of a pickup truck. He was found guilty of unauthorized use of a vehicle in violation of Code § 18.1-1641 and sentenced to serve six months in jail. We granted Hewitt a writ of error to determine whether the evidence supports the finding of unauthorized use and whether...

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