Legal Opinion
Frank Robert West, Jr. v. Ellis B. Wright, Jr., Warden Mary Sue Terry, Attorney General of Virginia
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1991No. 89-6686PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
Frank Robert West, Jr., appeals the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which he challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to convict him of grand larceny in a prosecution by the Commonwealth of Virginia. We reverse and remand for the issuance of the writ.
I
On December 13, 1978, Angelo Cardova left his vacation home in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Thirteen days later, on December 26,1978, he returned to find that his house had been burglarized and that various items, totalling about $3,000 in value, were missing. On January 10, 1979, law…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Jones v. Sussex I State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2010
- Steven Satter v. Walter Leapley, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary Roger Tellinghuisen, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
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