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REES v. COMMONWEALTH

127 S.E.2d 406 (1962)

203 Va. 850

Melvin Davis REES, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 8, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. W. Garnett, Joseph L. Savage, Jr., Fredericksburg, for plaintiff in error.

T. Stokeley Coleman, Commonwealth's Atty., for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, WHITTLE, SNEAD, I'ANSON and CARRICO, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Melvin Davis Rees, Jr., was found guilty by a jury of murder in the first degree for the slaying of Carroll Vernon Jackson, Jr., and his punishment fixed at death. His motion to set aside the verdict was overruled and judgment was entered on the verdict. To that judgment he seeks a writ of error upon the following assignments:

(1) The refusal of the court to order the transfer of the defendant from the...

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