Legal Opinion
Stover v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 26, 1971No. Record 7316, 7317 and 7318PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
On January 27, 1969, James David Stover was convicted on separate charges of second degree murder of Francis (Frank) Koerner, malicious wounding of David Ricken, and unlawful wounding of Paul Koerner. His punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for ten years, ten years and one year, respectively, or a total of 21 years. From the judgment of the lower court sentencing him in accordance with the jury verdict, we granted Stover a writ of error.
We are concerned with the trial court’s refusal to grant a motion for a mistrial because of an allegedly improper question asked Stover on…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. James Vincent KeoghCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Milton M. Levin v. Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Bonnie June Hamric v. June R. Bailey, Superintendent of the West Virginia State Prison for WomenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Randolph v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Juniper v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2006
- Lowe v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1977
- Barker v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1985
- State v. MirandaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- Briley v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1980
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