Clarence Duke v. Commonwealth

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Benton, Coleman and Fitzpatrick Argued at Richmond, Virginia CLARENCE DUKE v. Record No. 0967-95-2 MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY JUDGE JOHANNA L. FITZPATRICK COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA JUNE 4, 1996 FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF SUSSEX COUNTY Robert G. O'Hara, Jr., Judge Connie Louise Edwards for appellant. Eugene Murphy, Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Clarence Duke (appellant) was convicted in a bench trial of rape in violation of Code § 18.2-61 and abduction with intent to defile in violation of…