Legal Opinion
McHone v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 16, 1950No. Record 3623PublishedCited by 18 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The defendant, McHone, was convicted of driving while under the influence of intoxicants, sentenced to pay a fine and given a suspended jail sentence. He claims that the judgment should be reversed and that he should be freed of the charge because he was illegally held in jail after his arrest.
By agreement he was tried by the court without a jury. The evidence for the Commonwealth, now to be taken as true, established that in the afternoon of November 9, 1948, Sergeant Akers of the State police met the defendant driving a truck in a manner to excite his suspicion. Akers turned around and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Winston v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948
- Mullins v. SandersSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
- Harbison v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1931
- Hall v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924
- State v. . FreemanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1882
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Claude O. Jones, Jr. v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Campbell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1953
- Horne v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1986
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