Legal Opinion
Lucas v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 7, 1960No. Record 5055PublishedCited by 17 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This case is before us on a writ of error to a judgment entered by the Hustings Court of the City of Roanoke on March 16, 1959, wherein Grover Earl Lucas, hereinafter called the defendant, was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife, Connie Maxey Lucas.
The record discloses that at the June, 1958, term the defendant was separately indicted for the murder of his said wife; his son, Dennis Freddie Lucas; and his daughter, Mildred Joyce Lucas. He was also indicted for felonious assault upon his stepdaughter, Dorothy Mae Smith. The crimes were alleged in the indictments to have been…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Dejarnette v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1881
- Campbell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1953
- Thompson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1952
- Maxwell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1936
- Cochran v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1917
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Baughan v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- Frank Jimmy Snider, Jr. v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
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