RANDOLPH v. COMMONWEALTH


56 S.E.2d 226 (1949)

190 Va. 256

RANDOLPH v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 21, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard H. Carwile, Richmond, for plaintiff in error.

Attorney General J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Assistant Attorney General Walter E. Rogers, for Commonwealth.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and GREGORY, EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, STAPLES and MILLER, JJ.


BUCHANAN, Justice.

The defendant, Randolph, shot and killed Richard Manuel Wood. On his trial before a jury he was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. He claims first that the evidence was insufficient to go to the jury or to support the verdict.

About 5 o'clock in the morning of June 7, 1948, the police were called to No. 1216 North 2nd street, in Richmond, where the defendant lived. On arrival the defendant,...

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