Legal Opinion
Richardson v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 17, 1921PublishedCited by 58 opinions
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Radford.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
John W. Richardson, who was prosecuted under the name of John Richardson, assigns error in the final judgment of the trial court committing him to jail for thirty days for a violation of the prohibition statute.
These facts appear: On November 10, 1919, the accused having pleaded guilty, the following order was entered:
“This day the Commonwealth by its attorney and the accused by his attorney, by and with the consent of the attorney for the Commonwealth and the' accused pleaded guilty to the indictment against him; whereupon the court imposed a fine of $50.00 and fixed the period of his…
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Burns v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Grant v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
- Marshall v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1960
- Dyke v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1952
- State Ex Rel. Gordon v. ZangerleOhio Supreme Court · 1940
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