Legal Opinion
Sigmon v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 13, 1958No. Record 4875PublishedCited by 39 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
The sole question presented in this appeal is whether, under the facts and circumstances hereinafter stated, the provisions of § 19-232, Code of Virginia, 1950, entitle the plaintiff in error, Henry James Sigmon, to immunity from prosecution in the Circuit Court of Appomattox County, Virginia, for the specific offense here involved. Code § 19-232 reads as follows:
“If the same act be a violation of two or more statutes, or of two or more municipal ordinances, or of one or more statutes and also one or more ordinances, conviction under one of such statutes or ordinances shall be a bar to a…
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