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Parsons v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided January 17, 1924PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.

The accused has been convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to confinement for life in the State Penitentiary.

During the nation-wide strike of railway employees in 1922, he killed George R. Lewis, a native of Northampton county and a resident of Cape Charles, who was one of the strikers, under circumstances which naturally aroused a very strong local prejudice against him on account of his offense. He is here seeking a reversal of the judgment, and assigns a number of errors.

1. The first assignment of error is based upon the re*769fusal of the trial court to sustain the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TrefethenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
  2. Commonwealth v. ColandroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
  3. Commonwealth v. AbbottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
  4. McCue v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
  5. Commonwealth v. PrincipattiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Evans-Smith v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1987
  2. Breeden v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1976
  3. United Construction Workers v. Laburnum Construction Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1953
  4. George v. AngeloneCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
  5. Boggs v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1957

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