Legal Opinion
Reid v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 23, 1973No. Record 8115,PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
James Horace Reid was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder and sentenced by the trial court to serve 75 years in the penitentiary. It is contended that questions and comments by the Commonwealth’s Attorney at the trial relative to Reid’s failure to make certain assertions while in custody, which he later advanced at his trial, violated his constitutionally protected right to remain silent.-
Reid was arrested in the Massad House Hotel in Richmond on October 30, 1971 and charged with the murder of William E. Padgette. Thomas Orth, the hotel’s night clerk, testified that about 2:50 A. M. on…
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