Middleton v. Commonwealth

CATINNA, Commissioner.

Shortly after midnight on March 19, 1971, Diane’s Supermarket and Brown’s Grocery at Closplint were broken into and certain property taken. Officers, in the course of their investigation of these break-ins, learned from employees of the stores that at about 3 p. m. on the afternoon before the robberies a light blue 1966 Plymouth automobile with a Virginia li*518cense plate had been observed in the area. The three occupants of the automobile had made purchases at both Diane’s and Brown’s. Employees of the businesses described the three occupants of this automobile and, as one…