JENKINS v. COM.

Record No. 771730.

250 S.E.2d 763 (1979)

Danny Eugene JENKINS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin B. Fox, Newport News (Louis Ellenson, Ellenson, Fox & Wittan, Inc., Newport News, on brief), for appellant.

Thomas D. Bagwell, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

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


HARMAN, Justice.

Danny Eugene Jenkins (Jenkins or defendant), indicated for the murder of Carl Ronald Wilburn (Wilburn) and the use of a firearm in the commission of that felony, was convicted by a jury of both offenses and his total punishment was fixed at 51 years in the state penitentiary. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in permitting defendant's wife, over defendant's objection, to testify as a witness for the Commonwealth.

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