SMYTH v. MIDGETT


101 S.E.2d 575 (1958)

199 Va. 727

W. Frank SMYTH, Jr., Superintendent, etc. v. William G. MIDGETT.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 20, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Kenneth C. Patty, Atty. Gen., on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Frederick T. Gray, Richmond (T. Brooke Howard, Alexandria, Williams, Mullen, Pollard & Rogers, Richmond, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, WHITTLE and SNEAD, JJ.


HUDGINS, Chief Justice.

On July 13, 1942, William G. Midgett, hereinafter designated petitioner, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Princess Anne County on eight indictments, six charged him with grand larceny and two with housebreaking. He was sentenced on each indictment to two years' confinement in the penitentiary, the sentences to run consecutively, making his total period of confinement 16 years.

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