ORANGE v. COMMONWEALTH


61 S.E.2d 267 (1950)

191 Va. 423

ORANGE v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 9, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garnett S. Moore, Pulaski, for plaintiff in error.

J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen, Frederick T. Gray, Asst. Atty. Gen, for Commonwealth.

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


BUCHANAN, Justice.

Myrtle Stoots Orange, referred to herein as defendant, has been convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to serve fifteen years in the penitentiary for the killing of Charles Lewis McFall. The evidence against her is circumstantial and she here challenges its sufficiency to support the verdict, as well as certain rulings of the trial court in admitting and rejecting evidence and in giving and refusing instructions.

She was indicted...

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