Legal Opinion
Brown v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided August 28, 1974No. Record 730733 and 730786PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSnead, C. J.
William Brown and William Kidd, Jr., were convicted at separate trials by the Southampton Circuit Court, sitting without a jury, on felony indictments relating to acts committed while they were inmates at the Southampton Correctional Farm located in Southampton County.
On May 1, 1973, Brown, on a plea of not guilty, was found guilty of violating Code § 53-291(5). This section provides that it is unlawful for an “inmate in a penal institution” to “[m]ake, procure, secrete or have in his possession a knife, instrument, tool or other thing not authorized by the superintendent which is capable of…
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