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MORRIS v. COMMONWEALTH

157 S.E.2d 191 (1967)

208 Va. 331

Ralph Junior MORRIS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 9, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Page Higginbotham, Orange (Higginbotham & Fry, Orange, 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 BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON, CARRICO and GORDON, JJ.

EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

At the December, 1965 term of the court below Ralph Junior Morris was indicted for the murder of Donald Lee Guyer. Upon arraignment he pleaded not guilty, was tried by a jury, found guilty of murder in the second degree, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the State Penitentiary for a term of twenty years. Judgment was entered on the verdict and we granted the defendant a writ of error.

The assignments of error do not question...

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