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HOUGHTALING v. COMMONWEALTH

163 S.E.2d 560 (1968)

209 Va. 309

Raymond M. HOUGHTALING, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 14, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Humes J. Franklin, Sr., Humes J. Franklin, Jr., Waynesboro (J. B. Stombock; Franklin, Poindexter & Franklin, Waynesboro, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

William P. Bagwell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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

CARRICO, Justice.

Raymond M. Houghtaling, Jr., the defendant, was convicted by the jury of murder in the first degree of Carol L. Taft, and his punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. To the final order confirming the conviction and imposing the sentence, the defendant was granted a writ of error.

The evidence shows that the defendant and Mrs. Taft had lived together illicitly as man and wife in the city of Waynesboro

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