GRIGGS v. COM.

Record No. 781195.

255 S.E.2d 475 (1979)

Gary Lynn GRIGGS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fergus B. Norton, Roanoke (Norton & Raney, Roanoke, on brief), for appellant.

Vera S. Warthen, 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.


CARRICO, Justice.

Indicted for burglary and robbery, the defendant, Gary Lynn Griggs, was tried by a jury, found guilty as charged, and sentenced to the penitentiary. He seeks reversal, contending that the trial court erred (1) in failing to suppress his confession, (2) in refusing to strike the evidence, and (3) in granting an instruction on voluntary intoxication.

The record shows that after midnight on January 30, 1977, Betty Jean McKay closed her restaurant...

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