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WESTRY v. COMMONWEALTH

144 S.E.2d 427 (1965)

206 Va. 508

Sam WESTRY v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 11, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Caton, III, Grover C. Wright, Jr., Virginia Beach (Caton & Wright, Virginia Beach, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

M. Harris Parker, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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

BUCHANAN, Justice.

In June, 1964, Sam Westry, defendant, was tried by a jury on an indictment which charged him with the murder of Robert Edward Harmon. He was found guilty of second-degree murder, his punishment was fixed at twenty years in the penitentiary and he was sentenced accordingly. He was granted a writ of error and here contends that the evidence was not sufficient to support the verdict and that prejudicial errors were committed in his trial.

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