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THACKER v. COMMONWEALTH

154 S.E.2d 130 (1967)

207 Va. 962

Junior Glaten THACKER v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 24, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Mann, Petersburg, for plaintiff in error.

D. Gardiner Tyler, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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

GORDON, Justice.

Junior Glaten Thacker was indicted for the murder of Charlotte Tate, also known as Charlotte Tate Haq. Thacker pleaded not guilty. The jury found him guilty of first degree murder and, in accordance with the verdict, the court sentenced him to 99 years in the penitentiary. Thacker now appeals from the conviction order.

Thacker and Charlotte Tate had been engaged to be married. In December 1964, however, Charlotte told him she "did not love...

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