WRIGHT v. COMMONWEALTH


192 S.E.2d 748 (1972)

213 Va. 352

Lawrence WRIGHT v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 27, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berry D. Willis, Jr., Norfolk, for plaintiff in error.

Joseph H. Campbell, Commonwealth's Atty., for City of Norfolk, for defendant in error.

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


PER CURIAM.

Defendant, Lawrence Wright, seeks a writ of error to the judgment of the court below convicting him of murder in the first degree, pursuant to the verdict of a jury, and sentencing him to death for the murder of Robert J. Bouchard, a member of the Norfolk Police Department.

Defendant contends that the trial court erred in not granting an instruction on murder in the second degree.

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