Legal Opinion
Poindexter v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 1, 1972No. Record 7924PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
Defendant, James Daniel Poindexter, appeals his conviction by a jury of rape and the final judgment of the trial court sentencing him to confinement in the State Penitentiary for a period of 20 years. We consider the principal questions presented by defendant’s 12 assignments of error.
It is unnecessary that we relate the testimony of the various witnesses in detail. It suffices to say that Joan Gayle Copeland testified that about 10:30 A. M. on the morning of March 4, 1971 she was raped by Poindexter. She testified that she admitted defendant into the house in which she had an apartment as…
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- United States v. Roscoe Brown, Also Known as Sam, Also Known as Samuel MorrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- Bradley v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1955
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