FLETCHER v. COMMONWEALTH


166 S.E.2d 269 (1969)

209 Va. 636

Francis Lewis FLETCHER v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia (two cases).

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony S. Gallucio, Arlington (Shaffer, Van Meter & Gallucio, Arlington, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Charles Shepherd Cox, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., A. R. Woodroof, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, and HARRISON, JJ.


I'ANSON, Justice.

A grand jury returned two indictments against the defendant, Francis Lewis Fletcher, charging him with violating § 18.1-65, Code of 1950,1 as amended, 1960 Repl.Vol., commonly referred to as the maiming statute. One indictment, hereinafter referred to as the Thompson indictment, (record No. 6908) charged Fletcher with making a felonious assault on one Evan Wayne Thompson...

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