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DAVIS v. COM.

Record No. 771396.

247 S.E.2d 681 (1978)

Victor L. DAVIS, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary H. Keating, Virginia Beach (Thomas B. Shuttleworth, Virginia Beach, Douglas Fredericks, Norfolk, Clark, Hofheimer & Stant, Virginia Beach, Fredericks & Buckley, Norfolk, on brief), for appellant.

Linwood T. Wells, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

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

I'ANSON, Chief Justice.

Victor L. Davis, Jr., was found guilty of contempt under Code § 18.2-456(5)* for failing to produce certain documents subpoenaed by a special grand jury, and he was sentenced to four months in jail and fined $500.

The record shows that a special grand jury was impanelled by the court below on May 25, 1977. Immediately thereafter, the foreman, acting under Code § 19.2-208, issued a subpoena duces...

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