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JOHNSON v. COMMONWEALTH

168 S.E.2d 97 (1969)

210 Va. 16

Orlando JOHNSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 16, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Goodson, III, Danville, for plaintiff in error.

William M. Phillips, 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.

EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

Orlando Johnson appeals from a judgment based upon the verdict of a jury finding him guilty of statutory burglary. Code § 18.1-88 [Repl.Vol.1960]. He does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction, but argues for a reversal because the trial court refused to grant certain instructions offered by him on the subject of alibi.

The Commonwealth's evidence showed...

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