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New page: In ''Martin v. Commonwealth'', 184 Va. 1009, 1018-1019, 37 S. E. 2d 43, 47 (1946), the Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed a conviction of murder against a wife who had shot her [[husba...
In ''Martin v. Commonwealth'', 184 Va. 1009, 1018-1019, 37 S. E. 2d 43, 47 (1946), the Supreme Court of [[Virginia]] affirmed a conviction of murder against a wife who had shot her [[husband]] at his request. The Court stated that:

:"'The right to life and to personal security is not only sacred in the estimation of the common law, but it is inalienable.'"

The decision is significant in demonstrating that the [[common law]] defended the sanctity of life.
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