Legal Opinion
Menefee v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 7, 1949No. Record No. 3543PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
On the night of May 24, 1947, about 9:00 o’clock p. m., a robbery was perpetrated by three or more persons at the home of Ernest Gilbert in Pittsylvania county. The crime was committed by force, violence and use of firearms. Ernest Gilbert was shot and killed, and his iron safe, which, contained some money, was carried away in a motor vehicle-When located several months later, buried in a dump pile,, it had been blown open and the contents removed. Henry *902A. Menefee was indicted for the robbery, convicted and sentenced to ten years imprisonment.
At the trial, certain testimony of Ocie Wade…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Mercer v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1898
- State v. DixsonMontana Supreme Court · 1927
- In Re Estate of PuseyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919
- Whitehead v. KirkMississippi Supreme Court · 1913
- People v. GessingerMichigan Supreme Court · 1927
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Burns v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2001
- Commonwealth v. ChiappiniSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Church v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1985
- United States v. Frank LewisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- State v. SmithSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
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