Legal Opinion
Lawrence v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 26, 1965No. Record 5935PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtI’Anson, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment wherein Wilbur Thomas Lawrence, hereinafter referred to as petitioner, was found to be a four-time offender under the recidivist statute, § 53-296, Code of 1950, 1958 Repl. Vol., pursuant to an information filed on June 25, 1958, by the Commonwealth’s attorney for the city of Richmond, and sentenced to serve a term of fifteen years in the Virginia State Penitentiary, of which five years was suspended. A prior sentence imposed on the petitioner on June 25, 1958, under the information had been declared void by the court below under the holding of the United…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Reynolds v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by4 opinions
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