SHORT v. COMMONWEALTH


196 S.E.2d 79 (1973)

213 Va. 746

Edward Benjamin SHORT, III v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon C. Poulson, Richmond, for plaintiff in error.

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

Before all the Justices.


PER CURIAM.

Edward Benjamin Short, III (defendant) was convicted of second degree murder by a jury which fixed his punishment at ten years in the state penitentiary.

The defendant admitted killing the deceased. He testified that he did so in self-defense while resisting a violent homosexual attack which the deceased made upon him.

The sole question here is whether the trial court erred in refusing to admit the evidence of "Buddy" Williams, a 17-year...

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