Legal Opinion
Morris v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 9, 1967No. Record 6534PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, C. J.
At the December, 1965 term of the court below Ralph Junior Morris was indicted for the murder of Donald Lee Guyer. Upon arraignment he pleaded not guilty, was tried by a jury, found guilty of murder in the second degree, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the State Penitentiary for a term of twenty years. Judgment was entered on the verdict and we granted the defendant a writ of error.
The asignments of error do not question the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict and judgment but relate to the rulings of the lower court on a number of procedural matters which the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. JeffersSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Lanza v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Riggan v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Riggan v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- Atlantic Greyhound Corp. v. SheltonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1946
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3Cited by32 opinions
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