UNDERWOOD v. COM.

Record No. 770808.

243 S.E.2d 231 (1978)

Robert Clay UNDERWOOD v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Eugene Gunter, Winchester, for plaintiff in error.

Jim L. Chin, 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.


HARMAN, Justice.

After a jury trial, Robert Clay Underwood (Underwood or defendant) was convicted of feloniously and maliciously burning or destroying personal property of the value of $100 or more in violation of Code § 18.2-81. The jury fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of eight years. We awarded a writ of error to the final judgment confirming the conviction and imposing sentence.

The only issue raised on appeal is...

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