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- Title: Scott v. Commonwealth
- Author : Virginia Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 30, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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In a jury trial, Busky Wilson Scott was convicted of statutory burglary while armed with a deadly weapon with intent to commit abduction, Code § 18.2-91, abduction with intent to defile, Code § 18.2-48, displaying a firearm while committing abduction, Code § 18.2-53.1, and two counts of abduction, Code § 18.2-47. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for abduction with intent to defile and a total of 42 years for the other offenses. The trial court suspended the terms of years, effective on parole from the life sentence. Scotts appeal presents two questions: whether the evidence was sufficient to prove intent to commit abduction as an element of the statutory burglary charge, and whether it was error to admit evidence, on the charge of abduction with intent to defile, that he had actually raped the victim, after transporting her to Tennessee. We find no error in the trial courts rulings on these questions.