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LINCOLN v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 751382.

228 S.E.2d 688 (1976)

William Nicholas LINCOLN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 8, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Wayne Denney, Humes J. Franklin, Jr., Waynesboro (Franklin & Franklin, Waynesboro, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Jim L. Chin, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

HARMAN, Justice.

William Nicholas Lincoln (Lincoln or defendant) was convicted by a jury of the armed robbery of J. B. Armistead. The jury's verdict fixed his punishment at 10 years in the penitentiary. Lincoln appeals from a final order of the trial court sentencing him on this verdict.

We granted a writ of error limited to Lincoln's claim that the trial court erred in:

(1) permitting the Commonwealth's Attorney, in his final argument, to comment...

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