Legal Opinion
McClain v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 7, 1949No. Record No. 3559PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The defendant was indicted for the rape of a 14-year-old girl (Code, 1942 (Michie), section 4414). Upon a plea of *851not guilty he waived a jury, was tried by the court (Const, of Va., section 8; Code, section 4900, as amended; Acts, 1948, ch. 338, p. 634), convicted and sentenced to 16 years in the penitentiary.
The evidence for the Commonwealth was that on Saturday, July 26, 1947, the prosecutrix had been attending picture shows in Staunton. About five o’clock that afternoon she met defendant, a man 37 years old, on a street corner and he told her that her mother had asked him to bring her…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- The People v. PopescueIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Hart v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
- Murphy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1944
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3Cited by36 opinions
- City of Raton v. SprouleNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- Clariday v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1976
- Keesee v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1975
- Sutherland v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1988
- Iozzi v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1960
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