Legal Opinion
Fogg v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 4, 1968No. Record 6715, 6716, 6717PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, C.J.
This is a companion case to Brickhouse v. Commonwealth, 208 Va. 533, 159 S. E. 2d 611, decided today. According to the record in the present case, Bernard Ross Fogg, a Negro, was indicted at the *542October, 1966 term of the court below for the rape and robbery of Vera Lynn Shaw, a white woman.1 At the November term he was indicted for the abduction of the prosecutrix. On November 22 the defendant pleaded not guilty to each of the charges, by consent a jury was waived, and he was tried by the court. Upon consideration of the evidence adduced the trial court announced its decision, finding the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Hart v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
- Sims v. BalkcomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- State v. GambleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1967
- Brickhouse v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1968
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Martinez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
- State v. BoettcherSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- Poindexter v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1972
- Nobrega v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2006
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
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