CROSS v. COMMONWEALTH


64 S.E.2d 727 (1951)

192 Va. 249

CROSS v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

May 7, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Broudy & Broudy, Norfolk, Major M. Hillard, Portsmouth, for plaintiff in error.

J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., Frederick T. Gray, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the Commonwealth.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER and SMITH, JJ.


BUCHANAN, Justice.

Robert O. Cross, sometimes referred to herein as defendant, has been sentenced to life imprisonment upon his conviction by a jury of the rape of Patricia L. Nelson, a little girl six years old. He claims here, as he did below, that the evidence was not sufficient to support the verdict.

Patricia is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Nelson. They have another daughter, Barbara, eight years old. The back yard of the Nelson home adjoins the...

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