JONES v. COM.

Record No. 750653.

228 S.E.2d 124 (1976)

Carson Alvin JONES v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willard R. Finney, Rocky Mount (William N. Alexander, II, Greer & Alexander, Rocky Mount, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Jerry P. Slonaker, 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.


CARRICO, Justice.

Tried by jury for murder, the defendant, Carson Alvin Jones, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and, in accordance with the jury's verdict, was sentenced to a term of one year in the penitentiary. On appeal, the sole question for decision is whether the trial court erred in refusing to admit evidence offered by the defendant concerning events of the day preceding the homicide.

The victim, Billy Hugh Sutphin, was killed by a shotgun...

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