Legal Opinion
Martin v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 15, 1982No. Record 820005PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCompton, J.
Indicted under Code § 18.2-147.1 for breaking and entering a motor vehicle with intent to commit larceny therein, defendant Clifton R. Martin was found guilty in a bench trial and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. Execution of the sentence was suspended and the defendant was placed on supervised probation.
On December 18, 1980, Mark Foster, age 19, parked his Ford Mustang automobile in front of his Woodbridge home, locking the doors but leaving the sunroof open. During that afternoon, his girlfriend’s high school ring, which had been hanging on a chain from the interior rearview mirror,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Enoch v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1925
- Commonwealth v. United Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1978
- Price v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1968
- Rockingham Co-Operative Farm Bureau, Inc. v. City of HarrisonburgSupreme Court of Virginia · 1938
- Hensley v. City of NorfolkSupreme Court of Virginia · 1975
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3Cited by62 opinions
- Frazier v. City of NorfolkSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
- Cape Henry Towers, Inc. v. National Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1985
- Yarborough v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1994
- The Estate Construction Company v. Miller & Smith Holding Company, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
- Harward v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1985
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