Case ID: va_212/html/0415-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

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    Franklin Scott Newton v. Commonwealth of Virginia.
    November 29, 1971.
    Record Nos. 7740 and 7741.
    Present, All the Justices.
    
      G. Louis Oleyar, Jr., for plaintiff in error in Record Nos. 7740 and 7741.
    
      Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., Assistant Attorney General (Andrew P. Miller, Attorney General, on brief), for defendant in error in Record Nos. 7740 and 7741.
   Per Curiam.

The defendant, Franklin Scott Newton, waived a jury trial and was convicted by the trial court of statutory rape and incest.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, we find it insufficient to establish penetration, an essential 'element of each of these offenses.

Therefore, we reverse the convictions and remand for new trials if the Commonwealth be so advised.

Reversed and remanded.