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PLEASANTS v. COMMONWEALTH

203 S.E.2d 114 (1974)

214 Va. 646

Ronald Eugene PLEASANTS et al. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. W. Tucker, Richmond (Sy DuBow; Hill, Tucker & Marsh, Richmond, on brief), for plaintiffs in error.

Walter H. Ryland, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., Katherine L. Goolsby, Stacey F. Garrett, Asst. Attys. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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

HARMAN, Justice.

The defendants and thirty-four other students were arrested and charged with unlawful trespass, Code § 18.1-173, while engaged in a protest on the grounds of Patrick Henry High School in Hanover County. The defendants were convicted by the trial court, sitting without a jury, and the punishment of each was fixed at 30 days in jail, with the jail sentences suspended.

The defendants challenge their convictions on the ground that the evidence...

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