JOYNER v. COMMONWEALTH


65 S.E.2d 555 (1951)

192 Va. 471

JOYNER v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 18, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. S. McClung, Salem, for plaintiff in error.

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

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


WHITTLE, Justice.

This case is before us upon a writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment rendered in the Circuit Court of Roanoke county on September 19, 1950, wherein Floyd Joyner, Jr., herein called the defendant, was sentenced to death, pursuant to the jury's verdict, finding him guilty of murder in the first degree.

The defendant, a trusty in a convict road camp, being without funds to employ counsel, had counsel assigned him by the court.

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