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HASKELL v. COM.

Record Nos. 770695, 770713 and 770721.

243 S.E.2d 477 (1978)

James Brian HASKELL v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. Earle Bradley BIGGERSTAFF v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. Kevin LENDEN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 21, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Jenkins, II, Norfolk (Goldblatt, Lipkin, Cohen, Anderson & Jenkins, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiff in error, Haskell.

Peter G. Decker, Jr., Norfolk (Chris A. Christie, Decker, Zoby, Collins & Christie, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiff in error, Biggerstaff.

William L. Perkins, III, Norfolk (Stanley E. Sacks, Sacks & Sacks, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiff in error, Lenden.

Linwood T. Wells, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Anthony F. Troy, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error, Com.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN and COMPTON, JJ.

COCHRAN, Justice.

In each of these appeals, arising from the same series of events, the dispositive question for our determination is whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the conviction of felony-murder,1 i. e., murder committed during commission of a felony.

James Brian Haskell, Earle Bradley Biggerstaff, and Kevin Lenden were indicted for attempted robbery and felony-murder of William M. Kantor. Haskell pleaded...

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