LANE v. COM.

Record No. 771830.

248 S.E.2d 781 (1978)

Helen E. LANE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Swain, Frederick T. Stant, Jr., Virginia Beach (Clark, Hofheimer & Stant, P. C., Virginia Beach, on brief), for appellant.

Robert H. Herring, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

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


PER CURIAM.

Defendant, Helen Elayne Lane, was tried by a jury on an indictment charging her with murder of her newborn child. She was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, and in accordance with the jury's verdict was sentenced to confinement in the State penitentiary for a period of five years.

Defendant contends that the evidence was insufficient to show that the child's death was caused by any criminal agency and that the trial court's instruction defining...

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