Legal Opinion
Snead v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided May 4, 1959No. Record 4927PublishedCited by 7 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtF Anson, J.
Gilbert Snead, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was convicted of grand larceny on an indictment charging him with statutory burglary and grand larceny and his punishment fixed by the jury at confinement in the state penitentiary for a period of five years.
The trial judge overruled a motion for a new trial and sentenced him in accordance with the finding of the jury. To this judgment we granted a writ of error and supersedeas.
The defendant’s assignments of error may be summarized as follows:(1) That the indictment does not charge any crime.(2) That the indictment does not contain an…
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