Ford v. Commonwealth

James Harlen Ford, sometimes known as James Harold Ford, was convicted by the trial court, sitting without a jury, under an indictment charging that on October 13, 1972 he “unlawfully did have in his possession a ‘sawed-off’ shotgun for offensive or aggressive purpose” in violation of Code § 18.1-268.3 (Cum. Supp. 1974). By final judgment order entered April 16, 1973, the trial court imposed a penalty of 10 years in the penitentiary to run concurrently with another sentence imposed the same day upon a November 3, 1972 conviction of a malicious wounding offense committed January 7. 1972.

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