WYCHE v. COM.

Record No. 770780.

241 S.E.2d 772 (1978)

Nathaniel Jackson WYCHE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Morchower, Richmond (John W. Luxton, Ott, Morchower, Thompson & McMullan, 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 and COMPTON, JJ.


HARRISON, Justice.

The sole issue here is whether Nathaniel Jackson Wyche was denied a fair trial because the trial court refused to permit defendant's counsel to examine a witness for the Commonwealth as to the number and nature of her prior felony convictions.

Wyche was tried by the court below and found guilty of a murder and a robbery which occurred in a state Alcoholic Beverage Control store in Boydton, Virginia, on February 1, 1975. Herbert Bowers, an...

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