Legal Opinion
Wansley v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 11, 1964No. Record 5769PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
(In considering this case see Wansley v. Commonwealth-Record No. 5770, this day decided)
Thomas Carlton Wansley was tried in the corporation court of the city of Lynchburg on an indictment charging him with the rape of Kyoko Fleshman. Upon the jury’s verdict, finding him guilty of rape and fixing his punishment at death, final judgment was entered on February 12, 1963. We granted a writ of error to review the judgment.
The accused being 17 years of age at the time of the alleged crime, the Juvenile and Domestic Relations court of the city of Lynch-burg ordered an investigation to be made upon a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Watts v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Crooker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Cicenia v. LagaySupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Jones v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1952
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. NegriSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Williams v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
- Hinton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1978
- Thomas Carlton Wansley v. A. E. Slayton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- United States ex rel. Russo v. State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
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