Legal Opinion
Brickhouse v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 4, 1968No. Record 6712, 6713, 6714PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, C.J.
At the September, 1966 term of the court below three separate indictments were found against Elvin Brickhouse, Jr., a Negro, charging him, respectively, with rape, robbery and abduction of Vera Lynn Shaw, a white woman. On November 22 the defendant pleaded not guilty to each of the charges, by consent a jury was waived, and he was tried by the court. After hearing the evidence the court dictated an opinion finding the defendant guilty on all three charges and entered an order to that effect. Subsequently, after consideration of a presentence report, it sentenced the defendant to death upon…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Martin v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Tarrance v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- William L. Maxwell v. Dan D. Stephens, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Bennett v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1988
- Blevins v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2003
- Wolfe v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2003
- Fogg v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1968
- Gary Alexander Cuffee v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2013
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