Legal Opinion
Davis v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 24, 1947No. Record No. 3295PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
On November 4, 1946, in the Hustings Court of the City of Richmond, Leonard E. Davis and Carl R. Burleson *938were separately indicted, each charged with having committed the crime of rape, on October 20, 1946, upon Nannie Strayhorn, a female of the Negro race, 32 years of age.
Burleson, a white man, 27 years of age, weighing about 180 pounds, was a member of the regular police force of the city of Richmond. Davis, a white man, 43 years of age, described as being stout, was an auxiliary member of the same police force.
Nannie Strayhorn was a married woman, and the mother of two boys, 11 and 13…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mings v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1889
- Stump v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1923
- Addington v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
- Jordan v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1938
- Gray v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1945
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Wactor v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2002
- Bradley v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1955
- Commonwealth v. CaracciolaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Winfield v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
- United States v. HendersonUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1954
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