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MENDEZ v. COM.

Record Nos. 781203, 781204.

255 S.E.2d 533 (1979)

Juan Barretto MENDEZ, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Daniel Forbes, Franklin, for appellant.

Robert H. Herring, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee, in Record No. 781203.

Burnett Miller, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee, in Record No. 781204.

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

HARMAN, Justice.

After a bench trial, Juan Barretto Mendez, Jr., (Mendez or defendant) was convicted of bribery, Code § 18.2-447, and perjury Code § 18.2-434. He was sentenced to serve a two-year term in the penitentiary on each charge. We granted writs of error on limited grounds to review defendant's claims (1) that there was insufficient evidence to sustain the bribery conviction, and (2) that an oath administered to him on an affidavit was gratuitous...

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