Legal Opinion
Christian v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 28, 1960No. Record 5198PublishedCited by 17 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSnead, J.
On December 17, 1959, Jack Monroe Christian, who pleaded not quilty to an indictment which charged him with murdering John D. Cox, Jr., was convicted of murder in the first degree. The jury fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of thirty years. The trial court overruled defendant’s motion to set the verdict aside and entered judgment on the verdict. Defendant admitted killing Cox and his sole defense was that he was insane at the time the act was committed.
Defendant alleged in his assignments of error that the court erred in refusing to set the verdict aside as…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Dejarnette v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1881
- Thompson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1952
- Maxwell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1936
- Wessells v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1935
- Jones v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1960
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Nathan Thomas v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Rollins v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
- Taylor v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
- Jones v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1960
- Jay R. Timmons v. C.C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitenitaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
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