WOODY v. COMMONWEALTH


199 S.E.2d 529 (1973)

Charles F. WOODY v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 8, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman K. Moon, Lynchburg (Edmunds, Williams, Robertson, Sackett, Baldwin & Graves, Lynchburg, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Linwood T. Wells, Jr., 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.


COCHRAN, Justice.

Charles F. Woody was found guilty of statutory burglary by a jury which fixed his punishment at confinement in jail for 12 months. He appeals from the judgment order entered on the verdict.

The only evidence connecting Woody with the crime was the testimony of Mary Joanne Poole and Elmer Vrchota, both 17 years of age. They testified that they had come from Maryland to Lynchburg with another juvenile and an adult to spend a few days, that...

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