Legal Opinion
Mack v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 9, 1941No. Record No. 2420PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHudgins, J.
Thomas Burton and Albert Mack were charged jointly with robbing Sam Lawhon. They elected to be tried separately. Thomas Burton was acquitted. The first jury sworn to try Albert Mack was discharged by the court over the protest of the accused. On the second trial Albert Mack pleaded former jeopardy, to which plea the Commonwealth demurred. The demurrer was sustained and, on the trial, he was found guilty and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a period of eight years. This writ of error was granted to review the ruling of the trial court on the plea of former jeopardy.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. PerezSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Thompson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- State v. SlorahSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1919
- Rosser v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
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3Cited by24 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Dandy v. ThompsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1964
- United States v. StringerUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1954
- Prieto v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2009
- Spratley v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1930
- Clinton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1963
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