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BRAXTON v. COMMONWEALTH

77 S.E.2d 840 (1953)

195 Va. 275

BRAXTON v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 12, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen, Francis C. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Commonwealth.

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

WHITTLE, Justice.

Waddy Willard Braxton was indicted in the Circuit Court of Hanover County for the murder of Prince Albert Cooper. He was tried on July 1, 1952, and the jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree, fixing his punishment at ten years in the penitentiary. Sentence was passed in accordance with the verdict and the case is before us for review.

Braxton was a married man, living in a two room...

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