Jones v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This case is before us upon a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Accomack County wherein Edgie R. Jones was sentenced to serve five years in the penitentiary in conformity with the verdict of a jury finding him guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the slaying of his wife, Martha Jones.
It is disclosed that on the morning of May 18, 1959, Jones purchased a six shot .22-caliber pistol. On the evening of that day David Bennett, a long-time friend of Jones’, visited the latter’s store. Jones invited Bennett, whose wife was visiting in Norfolk at the time, to spend the night with…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- State v. HarrisonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
- Dejarnette v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1881
- Mullins v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
- Belton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1958
- Maxwell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1936
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Nathan Thomas v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Evans-Smith v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1987
- Hill v. NicodemusCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- Hill v. NicodemusCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- Price v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
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