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COX v. COM.

Record No. 822273.

315 S.E.2d 228 (1984)

Frances L. COX v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 27, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Rust, Jr., Fairfax (R. Peyton Mahaffey, McCandlish, Lillard, Rust & Church, Fairfax, on briefs), for appellant.

Donald R. Curry, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Before COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ., and GORDON, Retired Justice.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

A jury convicted Frances L. Cox of embezzlement and fixed her punishment at ten years in the penitentiary; the trial court sentenced her accordingly. In this appeal, Cox claims that because she was refused access to certain bank records material to her defense, she was denied the right to call for evidence in her favor as guaranteed by the Constitution of Virginia.

Cox, the Treasurer of the City of Fairfax, was indicted on June 21, 1982...

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