THOMPSON v. COMMONWEALTH


70 S.E.2d 284 (1952)

193 Va. 704

THOMPSON v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 21, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert Peery, Tazewell, Samuel A. Martin, Pearisburg, Carl C. Gillespie, Tazewell, for plaintiff in error.

J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., Thomas M. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Commonwealth.

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


HUDGINS, Chief Justice.

This writ of error brings under review a judgment entered on a verdict finding Eugene Thompson guilty of murder in the first degree for killing Jack Sarver, and fixing his punishment at death.

Defendant offered no evidence tending to deny the facts and circumstances of the killing but contends that he was insane at the time.

The evidence for the Commonwealth is that a short time before the killing, defendant became incensed...

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