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Smith v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 284 S.E.2d 590
  • 222 Va. 700
  • 1981 Va. LEXIS 361

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  • in interpreting Code § 18.2-10(f), holding “[t]he disjunctive language of the statute prescribed penalties in the alternative” such that the court “might originally have imposed up to five years in the penitentiary or up to twelve months in jail and a fine”

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