Jones v. Commonwealth

Convicted in a bench trial of rape and sodomy, Derrick L. Jones appeals from the September 1977 judgment of conviction sentencing him to confinement in the penitentiary on the former charge for twelve years, six suspended, and on the latter offense for six years, to run concurrently. The sole issue is whether the Commonwealth’s evidence was sufficient to convict. The defendant presented no testimony.

On Saturday, February 26,1977, the prosecutrix, 19 years of age, went to the 1400 Club, located in the Lambert’s Point area of Norfolk. She arrived there about 11:30 p.m. in a car with the…