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ALLARD v. COM.

Record No. 770629.

243 S.E.2d 216 (1978)

James Virgil ALLARD v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 21, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Royston Jester, III, Royston Jester, IV, Lynchburg (Jester & Jester, Lynchburg, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Robert H. Anderson, III, 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.

In this criminal appeal we consider whether the trial court erred in refusing to grant the defendant an instruction relating to the corroboration of the testimony of an accomplice.1 James Virgil Allard, having elected trial by jury, was convicted in the court below of statutory burglary and sentenced to confinement for five years in the penitentiary.

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