BROWN v. COMMONWEALTH


184 S.E.2d 786 (1971)

212 Va. 515

Sherman BROWN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 29, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Gerald Tremblay, Robert P. Boyle, Charlottesville (Tremblay & Smith, Boyle & Wood, Charlottesville, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Robert L. Simpson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN and HARMAN, JJ.


HARMAN, Justice.

Sherman Brown, the defendant, was convicted of first degree murder by a jury which fixed his punishment at death. He appeals from the conviction order which sentenced him in accordance with this verdict.

Most of his assignments of error can be disposed of summarily.

The death sentence does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment in contravention of the Eighth Amendment to the United...

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