Legal Opinion
Hammer v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 13, 1966No. Record 6155PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGordon, J.
This is the second of four companion cases decided today, styled Hammer v. Commonwealth.
Hammer was charged in this case with attempted rape of a sixteen-year-old girl in the city of Newport News on April 16, 1964. He pleaded not guilty and waived a jury upon advice of court-appointed counsel. The trial judge found Hammer guilty and sentenced him to a term of thirty years. He appeals from his conviction on several grounds.
The more troublesome questions raised on this appeal have been answered in the opinion in the first companion case. Hammer v. Commonwealth (Record No. 6154), 207 Va. 135, 148…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hammer v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
- Harvey v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
- Robinson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1956
- Gillispie v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1942
3Cited by11 opinions
- Corvin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1991
- Poindexter v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1972
- Mathews v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
- Barnett v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1975
- Hopkins v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1994
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