· 6/8/1979
Dowdy v. Commonwealth
Citations
- 255 S.E.2d 506
- 220 Va. 114
- 1979 Va. LEXIS 242
How courts have described this case
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- noting that Code § 18.2-279 does not require proof “that human life was, in fact, endangered”
- proof that deadly weapon has been maliciously discharged at an occupied building “relieves the Commonwealth of the burden of proving that human life was, in fact, endangered”
- Code § 18.2-279 does not require proof that “human life was, in fact, endangered.”
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