Everett v. Commonwealth

Upon warrants charging “unlawful cohabitation in violation of § 18.1-193” appealed from the County Court for Dinwiddie County, the trial court, sitting without a jury, entered orders on September 28, 1971 finding Elsie Poole Everett (Mrs. Everett) and Clarence Leroy Wright (Wright) guilty of “open and gross lewdness and lasciviousness” and imposing a fine on each of $300.00.

The sole question raised by the several joint assignments of error is whether the evidence was sufficient to support the finding.

Mrs. Everett lived in Unit 9 of The Blue Tartan, once a motel, converted and operated as a…