Commonwealth v. Coffey

By Judge j. Michael Gamble

I am writing this letter to rule on the motion of the defendant to vacate his conviction of statutory burglary in the Circuit Court of Amherst County on November 17,1970. In this regard, I find that the conviction is null and void, and that it is vacated.

Mr. Coffey was charged with statutory burglary of the house of Mrs. Earl A. Ware and Leo Wood on April 30,1970. He was found guilty on November 17, 1970, and sentenced to a suspended sentence of two years in the state penitentiary.

The order of conviction recited that Larry Edward Coffey was 18 years of age.…