HODGES v. COMMONWEALTH


191 S.E.2d 794 (1972)

213 Va. 316

Arthur HODGES v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 9, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harlin Perrine, Salem, for plaintiff in error.

Gilbert W. Haith, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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


COCHRAN, Justice.

Arthur Hodges was charged under one indictment with the murder of Boyd Gene Ferguson (Record No. 8005) and under another indictment with the murder of Warren Douglas Watson (Record No. 8006). He was tried on both indictments at the same time by a jury that found him guilty of first degree murder in each case and fixed his punishment at 99 years in the penitentiary for Ferguson's murder and death for Watson's murder. We granted Hodges' writs of error...

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