Cooper v. Commonwealth

At the June 1963 term of court Frank Timothy Cooper, defendant, was indicted for the rape of Jackie Friend, a female child four years old (Code, § 18.1-44) and on July 3, 1963, Cooper was tried upon the indictment. He was represented by counsel of his own choosing, entered a plea of not guÜty and waived trial by jury. The trial court found the defendant guilty as charged and subsequently, after considering the reports of the probation officer and psychiatrist, sentenced him to confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of thirty years. We granted the defendant a writ of error.

Jackie…