LAWHORNE v. COMMONWEALTH


194 S.E.2d 747 (1973)

213 Va. 608

Colie Lee LAWHORNE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 5, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Artz, Arlington, for plaintiff in error.

Burnett Miller, III, 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.

Colie Lee Lawhorne was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder in the death of Edward Leon Rhodes. The punishment fixed by the jury, five years in the penitentiary, was imposed by the trial court, and we granted Lawhorne a writ of error.

The evidence consisted only of that presented by the Commonwealth since Lawhorne did not testify or call any witnesses in his behalf. It was shown that on September 30, 1971, two police officers of the city...

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