Legal Opinion

Marshall v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided October 10, 1960No. Record 5153PublishedCited by 78 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.

This appeal is from an order of the Corporation Court which affirmed the action of the Police Court of the City of Norfolk in revoking the suspension of four jail sentences against the appellant, James Nelson Marshall, who will be referred to herein as defendant.

On August 4, 1958, in the Police Court, the defendant was found guilty of violating penal laws of the Commonwealth and of the City in four separate cases and was sentenced to thirty days in jail and a fine in each case. The jail sentences were suspended for twelve months in this language, endorsed upon each warrant with a rubber…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Slayton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1946
  2. Dyke v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1952
  3. Richardson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
  4. Berry v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1959

3Cited by78 opinions

  1. People v. RodriguezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
  2. State v. DupardWashington Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Scott v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
  4. State v. RobersonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
  5. Hamilton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1976

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