Legal Opinion
Woody v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 8, 1973No. Record 8233PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
Charles F. Woody was found guilty of statutory burglary by a jury which fixed his punishment at confinement in jail for 12 months. He appeals from the judgment order entered on the verdict.
The only evidence connecting Woody with the crime was the testimony of Mary Joanne Poole and Elmer Vrchota, both 17 years of age. They testified that they had come from Maryland to Lynch-burg with another juvenile and an adult to spend a few days, that they had made Woody’s acquaintance, and that the five had participated in the burglary of J. D. Unrue’s store in Lynchburg on the night of July 2,1971.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Rogers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- United States v. John Cardillo, Lawrence Harris, Ralph Kaminsky, John Knapp, Louis Margolis, and Louis PiselliCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Marion Francis Fountain and Roosevelt Tremble v. United States of America, Eugene J. Marshall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- State v. . RobersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Whittaker v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1977
- Briley v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1980
- Linwood E. Briley v. Gary L. Bass, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Bilokur v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1980
- Brown v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1993
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