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POINDEXTER v. COM.

Record No. 761270.

237 S.E.2d 139 (1977)

Curtis Darnell POINDEXTER v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Douglas Wilder, Richmond (James L. Whitehurst; Lawrence Douglas Wilder's Law Office, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

K. Marshall Cook, 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.

HARMAN, Justice.

Curtis Darnell Poindexter (Poindexter or defendant) was convicted by a jury of first degree murder of Judge Stewart A. Cunningham, malicious wounding of Sheriff Henry A. Kennon, the attempted murder of a state trooper and the possession and use of a "sawed-off" shotgun in the perpetration of a crime of violence.1 The verdicts fixed Poindexter's punishment at life imprisonment on the murder charge, at 20 years imprisonment...

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