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WASHINGTON v. COMMONWEALTH

204 S.E.2d 266 (1974)

Wilbert WASHINGTON, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 22, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin S. Jones, Fredericksburg (Whitticar, Sokol & Ledbetter, Fredericksburg, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Robert E. Shepherd, 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.

Wilbert Washington, Jr., was charged with forgery of a check. On his plea of not guilty he was tried and convicted by the trial court, sitting without a jury, and sentenced to serve three years in the penitentiary, with one year of the sentence suspended upon Washington's good behavior for five years. The sole question for our determination in this appeal is whether the trial court committed reversible error in admitting into evidence, over objection...

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