Legal Opinion
Westcott v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 13, 1975No. Record 740868PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPoff, J.
Sitting without a jury, the trial court found Walter Westcott guilty of grand larceny by receiving stolen goods and sentenced him to three years in the penitentiary.
On October 21, 1973, a portable telephone and a pair of Leitz binoculars, valued at $3,251.04 and $424.69, respectively, and certain other articles were stolen from Dr. Joseph McFadden’s parked car.
About 8:00 a.m. on January 10, 1974, H. W. Scott, an officer attached to the Narcotics Squad of the Norfolk Police Department, received a telephone tip from a reliable informant that Westcott, whom Scott knew, would go to a certain…
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3Cited by19 opinions
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