Legal Opinion

Snyder v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 8, 1961No. Record 5243PublishedCited by 90 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtCarrico, J.

This is a companion case to the case of Tasker v. Commonwealth, Record No. 5270, this day decided.

John F. Snyder, Jr., herein referred to as the defendant, was charged in a joint indictment returned against the defendant, Ewell Grant Tasker and E. W. Brizendine, with grand larceny of a diamond ring, the property of Edward E. Foster. The defendant was granted a severance for trial and on April 21, 1960, a jury heard his case and found him guilty of the charge and fixed his punishment at three years in the penitentiary. He was sentenced accordingly.

The case is now before us, on a writ of error…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Dowdell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. McCue v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
  3. Brown v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
  4. Briggs v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1886
  5. Spradlin v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1954

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3Cited by90 opinions

  1. Redman v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1997
  2. Edwards v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2003
  3. Cable v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1992
  4. George v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1991
  5. Dowden v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2000

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