· 10/7/1977
ABOD v. Commonwealth
Citations
- 237 S.E.2d 900
- 218 Va. 473
- 1977 Va. LEXIS 276
How courts have described this case
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- “We have held in numerous cases that when a statute prescribes a maximum imprisonment penalty and the sentence does not exceed that maximum, the sentence will not be overturned as being an abuse of discretion.”
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Judges: Harrison
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