Legal Opinion
Wansley v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 11, 1964No. Record 5770PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
(In considering this case see Wansley v. Commonwealth-Record No. 5769, this day decided)
Thomas Carlton Wansley, a negro youth age 17, was tried as an adult in the corporation court of the city of Lynchburg on February 7, 1963, under two indictments charging him with robbery and rape of one Annie Carter, a mature white woman. Wansley entered pleas of not guilty to both indictments and by agreement the cases were tried together. Upon the jury’s verdict finding the accused guilty of rape and fixing his punishment at death, final judgment was entered on February 7, 1963. Final judgment was also…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Draper v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Chessman v. TeetsSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Justis v. YoungSupreme Court of Virginia · 1961
- Tilton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1955
- Bobo v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Thomas Carlton Wansley v. A. E. Slayton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- Wansley v. WilkersonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1967
- McDonald v. National Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2001
- Parish v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- Robert Allen Wilkins v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2015
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