Legal Opinion
Jordan v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 28, 1966No. Record 6338PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSnead, J.
Willard C. Jordan, defendant, was indicted for statutory burglary and grand larceny. The jury found defendant guilty of grand larceny and fixed his punishment at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of seven years. The case is before us upon a writ of error awarded to the judgment entered on the jury verdict.
Early on the morning of March 13, 1965, Roanoke City Police Officers E. B. Hamblett and W. L. Bowling were patrolling the northwest section of the city. As they approached Starland Bowling Lanes on Shenandoah avenue the lights of their automobile were turned off as was…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- United States v. RabinowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Ritter v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1970
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- Sullivan v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1969
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