EVANS v. COMMONWEALTH


212 S.E.2d 268 (1975)

215 Va. 609

Ronald Paul EVANS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Bruce Kendall, Norfolk (Jack K. Moulton, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

John R. Alderman, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.


I'ANSON, Chief Justice.

Defendant, Ronald Paul Evans, was indicted by a grand jury for the murder of Michael J. Soules, his four-year-old stepson. He was tried by the court sitting without a jury, found guilty of murder in the second degree, and was sentenced to seventeen years in the State penitentiary.

The crucial question presented on this appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment of conviction.

The evidence shows that at...

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