Legal Opinion

King v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided January 14, 1977No. Record 760543PublishedCited by 76 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.

The trial court, sitting without a jury, tried the defendant Linda Diane King on two indictments charging her with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of Gladys Harraway Motley and John Bannister Harraway, resulting from an automobile accident. Finding the defendant guilty on each charge, the court by order entered January 2, 1976, sentenced her to confinement in jail for 12 months and payment of a $1,000 fine on one conviction, and confinement in the penitentiary for five years on the other, and ordered suspension of her operator’s license for a period of 12 months on each charge. The *602peni…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. State v. . CopeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1933
  2. Bell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1938
  3. Zirkle v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
  4. Evans v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1975
  5. Interstate Veneer Co. v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1950

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3Cited by76 opinions

  1. Darnell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1988
  2. Essex v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
  3. Cable v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1992
  4. Booth v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1988
  5. Simon v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1979

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