Dyke v. Commonwealth

193 Va. 478 (1952)

FRANCIS WOODROW DYKE

v.

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.

Record No. 3944.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 10, 1952.

Samuel Goldblatt, for the appellant.

Present, All the Justices.

1. The type of probation provided by section 53-278 of the Code of 1950 is that contemplated by sections 53-272 and 53-275 of the Code of 1950.

2. The defendant was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. The order, entered on April 25, 1950, sentenced him to jail and fined him. It stated that the jail sentence was suspended and that the court placed defendant upon his good behavior for one year from date, upon…