Legal Opinion
Smyth v. Godwin
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 10, 1949No. Record No. 3473PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, J.
At the August, 1944, term of the Corporation Court of the city of Norfolk, Part Two, Charles M. Godwin, hereinafter called the petitioner, was indicted for rape of Clara Mae Stowe, a female under the age of sixteen years. He was tried by a jury which found him guilty and fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for twenty years. In due time judgment was entered on the verdict, to which we denied a writ of error on November 15, 1944 (183 Va. lxi), and he was committed to the State Penitentiary.
On May 11, 1948, the petitioner filed in the Hustings Court of the city of Richmond,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Ex Parte Tom TongSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Cross v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Sayers v. BullarSupreme Court of Virginia · 1942
- Penn v. SmythSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. SoutherlySupreme Court of Virginia · 2001
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- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1985
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