Legal Opinion
Price v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided December 6, 1968No. Record 6838PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
A grand jury of the Hustings Court returned an indictment against Wilson Ralph Price, herein referred to as defendant, which charged that he did unlawfully and feloniously “place or cause to be placed on the property of the City of Richmond a burning or flaming cross, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Virginia.”
It is agreed that this indictment was based on § 18.1-365 of the Code of Virginia, which provided:
“It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to place or cause to be placed on the property of another in the Commonwealth of Virginia a burning or a flaming cross,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States v. WiltbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1820
- United States v. LacherSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Enoch v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1925
- Hall v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948
- Hanbury v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1961
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Branch v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1992
- Ross v. CrawSupreme Court of Virginia · 1986
- Martin v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
- Berry v. City of ChesapeakeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1969
- Johnson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1971
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