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PATLER v. COMMONWEALTH

177 S.E.2d 618 (1970)

211 Va. 448

John PATLER v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 30, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Harrigan, Arlington (Harrigan & Morris, Arlington, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

C. Tabor Cronk, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., Vann H. Lefcoe, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN, and HARMAN, JJ.

HARMAN, Justice.

This appeal is from a 20 year sentence pronounced by the trial court upon a jury verdict finding the defendant guilty of the first degree murder of George Lincoln Rockwell on August 25, 1967.

The testimony before the jury consumed approximately three weeks. The printed record is more than 1500 pages long.

We have examined each of the thirty-nine assignments of error filed by the defendant and find only two questions raised of sufficient...

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