Legal Opinion
Smith v. Slayton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided December 11, 1973No. Civ. A. 73-C-44-DPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TUSK, Chief Judge.
The Petitioner, Kenneth Wayne Smith, is a Commonwealth of Virginia prisoner. He was initially tried by a jury in 1971 in the Corporation Court for the City of Martinsville, Virginia, having been indicted for aiding and abetting the sale of marijuana, and during the trial he voluntarily took the stand and testified in his own defense. He was convicted, fined $300.00 and sentenced to a term of three years in the penitentiary. Petitioner’s conviction was reversed by the Virginia Supreme Court and the case remanded for a new trial. Smith v. Commonwealth, 212 Va. 675, 187…
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