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STEVENSON v. COM.

Record No. 761500.

237 S.E.2d 779 (1977)

John Paul STEVENSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Willard Norwood, Richmond (Norwood & Norwood, Richmond, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Alan Katz, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Anthony F. Troy, 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.

On July 16, 1976, a jury found the defendant, John Paul Stevenson, guilty of murder of the second degree and fixed his punishment at confinement in the state penitentiary for a period of 10 years. He was sentenced accordingly.

We granted defendant a writ of error limited to the question whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a bloodstained shirt allegedly worn by the defendant on the day of the homicide and in allowing...

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