RUSSELL, Judge.
1. Prior to the adoption of the superior court rules (Code Ch. 24-33) and in particular the last sentence of Code § 24-3319 which states: "Counsel shall not be permitted, in the argument of criminal cases, to read to the jury recitals of fact or the reasoning of the court as applied thereto, in decisions by the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals," the rule was well recognized that in criminal cases counsel may read law to a jury with...
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