Legal Opinion

Henry v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided April 15, 1986No. Record No. 0081-85PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

DUFF, J.

After trial by jury, Wayne John Henry was found guilty of conspiring to deliver marijuana to a prisoner and conspiring to deliver a firearm to a prisoner. His punishment for the offenses was fixed at a $200 fine and five years in the penitentiary, respectively. The questions presented in this appeal are whether venue was proper in the Circuit Court for the City of Norfolk and whether the evidence was sufficient to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was a criminal agent in the conspiracies.

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Hyde v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Bottoson v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Higginbotham v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1975
  4. Stockton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
  5. Short v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1937

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Traverso v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1988
  2. Zuniga v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1988
  3. Brown v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1990
  4. Barber v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1987
  5. Chiang v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1988

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