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WORRELLS v. COMMONWEALTH

183 S.E.2d 723 (1971)

212 Va. 270

Roger Lee WORRELLS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 11, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecil W. Taylor, Lynchburg (George H. Fralin, Jr., Williams, Martin, Taylor & Fralin, Lynchburg, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Vann H. Lefcoe, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., James E. Kulp, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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

CARRICO, Justice.

The defendant, Roger Lee Worrells, was indicted for the murder of his wife, Sarah Worrells. A jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter and fixed his punishment at four years in the penitentiary. To the final order confirming the conviction and imposing sentence, the defendant was granted a writ of error.

The evidence shows that at the time of the occurrence in question, the defendant and...

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