Legal Opinion
Ward v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 12, 1964No. Record 5821PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This case is before us upon a writ of error to a final judgment entered on the 9th day of July, 1963, wherein appellant, Malcolm Leon Ward, Jr., herein sometimes referred to as defendant or Ward, was found guilty of the first degree murder of Donald G. Cooley and sentenced to 40 years in the penitentiary.
The record discloses the following material proceedings in the trial court:
On the 3rd day of July, 1962, defendant was charged with murder. A warrant was obtained from a justice of the peace by detective Allen of the Alexandria police department, and on the same morning at 10:00 a.m.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Pointer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Karnes v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919
- Snyder v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1961
- John Lewis Snead v. W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by55 opinions
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