ELAM v. COM.

Record No. 840465.

326 S.E.2d 685 (1985)

Frank Linwood ELAM v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ghee, Farmville, for appellant.

Marla Lynn Graff, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


POFF, Justice.

A jury convicted Frank Linwood Elam under separate indictments, tried jointly, charging rape and breaking and entering with intent to commit rape. Confirming the verdict, the trial court imposed penitentiary sentences of life and 20 years.

In his appeal of the rape conviction, Elam contends that "the prosecution failed to show penetration". Otherwise, he does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence as to either conviction. Elam broke and...

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