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REID v. COMMONWEALTH

195 S.E.2d 866 (1973)

James Horace REID v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 23, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Scott Street, III, Richmond (Wood & Street, Richmond, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Linwood T. Wells, Jr., 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.

HARRISON, Justice.

James Horace Reid was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder and sentenced by the trial court to serve 75 years in the penitentiary. It is contended that questions and comments by the Commonwealth's Attorney at the trial relative to Reid's failure to make certain assertions while in custody, which he later advanced at his trial, violated his constitutionally protected right to remain silent.

Reid was arrested in the Massad House Hotel...

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