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WILLIAMS v. COMMONWEALTH

200 S.E.2d 579 (1973)

214 Va. 338

Clarence Junior WILLIAMS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 26, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin P. Hall, Richmond (Hall, Hall & Warren, Richmond, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Robert E. Shepherd, 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.

The defendant, Clarence Junior Williams, was convicted by a jury of the first degree murder of Elizabeth Thurston, and his punishment was fixed at life in the penitentiary. The trial court approved the verdict and imposed the punishment fixed by the jury. We granted a writ of error limited to consideration of Instruction No. 20, which was worded as follows:

"The Court instructs the jury that if you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable...

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