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BARNES v. COMMONWEALTH

197 S.E.2d 189 (1973)

214 Va. 24

William BARNES v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 11, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton B. Spero, Petersburg (Spero & Levinson, Petersburg, 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.

PER CURIAM.

On an indictment for murder, William Barnes was tried by a jury and found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the slaying of Robert Nelson Abbott. In accordance with the verdict, the trial court entered judgment on June 15, 1972, sentencing Barnes to the state penitentiary for five years. We granted a writ of error limited to a consideration of the trial court's refusal to admit certain testimony concerning Abbott's alcoholism and his allegedly aggressive...

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