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Palmer v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided November 12, 1925PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Prentis, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error has been convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for thirty years. This is a general statement of the outstanding facts:

*596L. S. MeMannaway, the deceased, a prohibition officer co-operating with C. A. Gum, the sheriff of Bath county, went to the western part of Bath county searching for a still which was supposed to be in that vicinity. They found none, and were returning home by a route which led them into Alleghany county. As they were descending a mountain road in a car, they…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Nicholas v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  2. Barnes v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  3. Noell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1923
  4. Bowles v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1904
  5. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Vermont · 1896

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Quintana v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
  2. Jesse Root v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
  3. Yeatts v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1991
  4. State v. BuchananSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1991
  5. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974

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