Legal Opinion
Cottrell v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 1, 1948No. Record No. 3344PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The plaintiff in error, defendant below, complains of .the judgment of the trial court sentencing him to confinement in the penitentiary for life for the crime of rape.' In his statement of the material proceedings in the lower court, required by our Rule 14, he says:
“An indictment was returned by the Grand Jury into the Circuit Court of Warwick County, Virginia, January 20, 1947, charging plaintiff in error, a colored man, of a good reputation, with the rape of a little colored girl by the name of Nadine McCoy, on the 16th of January, 1947;” that the trial took place on January 31, 1947,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Avery v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Carter v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Canizio v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. NuckolsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1968
- Coffey v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
- Fitzgerald v. SmythSupreme Court of Virginia · 1953
- Paris v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1990
- Stonebreaker v. SmythSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948
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