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TRAVERSO v. COM.

Record No. 0953-86-4.

366 S.E.2d 719 (1988)

Jaime TRAVERSO v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 5, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. William Chapman, David C. Culbert (Hazel, Thomas, Beckhorn & Hanes, P.C., Alexandria, on brief), for appellant.

Eugene Murphy, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., Margaret Poles Spencer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

Present: DUFF, KEENAN and MOON, JJ.

MOON, Judge.

A jury impanelled in Loudoun County convicted the appellant of first degree murder and recommended a sentence of life imprisonment. The dispositive question on appeal asks whether the Commonwealth proved venue under Code § 19.2-247 by demonstrating that the victim's body was found in Loudoun County, Virginia. We reverse because under no interpretation of the law describing the Virginia/Maryland boundary could one determine that the victim's body...

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