HARRISON v. COM.

Record No. 781259.

257 S.E.2d 777 (1979)

Roy HARRISON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

August 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay J. Levit, Richmond (John B. Mann, Levit & Mann, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

Jerry P. Slonaker, 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.


CARRICO, Justice.

In this case involving a claim of double jeopardy, the record shows that on September 5, 1977, the defendant, Roy Harrison, and a companion, Howard Judson Gillespie, drove together to a service station in Henrico County. There, the pair participated in robbing the station manager. During the course of the robbery, the manager was shot three times and fatally wounded.

In a single bench trial, the defendant was tried upon separate indictments...

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