JENKINS v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 750987.

223 S.E.2d 880 (1976)

Joyce Annette JENKINS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Ellenson, Newport News (Ellenson, Fox & Whittan, Inc., Newport News, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Gilbert W. Haith, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.


HARRISON, Justice.

We consider the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction by the court below, sitting without a jury, of Joyce Annette Jenkins of burning her automobile with intent to injure the insurer of the vehicle, in violation of Code § 18.1-85, then in effect and applicable.

The vehicle involved, a 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, was purchased by the defendant in February, 1973, for $5200 and had been operated approximately 13,000 miles...

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