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DILLARD v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 751000.

224 S.E.2d 137 (1976)

216 Va. 820

John Early DILLARD v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 23, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Gregory, III, Benjamin R. Gardner, Martinsville (Young, Kiser, Haskins & Mann, Ltd., Frith, Gardner & Gardner, Martinsville, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Alan Katz, 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.

The sole question for decision in this criminal appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing defense Instructions B and C, relating to the corroboration of the testimony of an accomplice. The instructions were refused in the trial of the defendant, John Early Dillard, on charges of murder, conspiracy to rob, and robbery. The defendant was convicted by the jury of the charges, and his punishment was fixed at a total of 35 years confinement...

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