WASHINGTON v. COM.

Record No. 780596.

252 S.E.2d 326 (1979)

Iran James WASHINGTON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Geary, Richmond (McGrath & Geary, Richmond, on brief), for appellant.

Todd E. LePage, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., James T. Moore, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

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


HARRISON, Justice.

Iran James Washington was convicted by the trial court of robbery and of the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He argues that his arrest was without probable cause and consequently an inculpatory statement thereafter made by him was improperly admitted into evidence.

About 10 p. m. on November 29, 1977, Horace C. Hawkins was robbed in his Henrico County apartment by three armed black males. The men took a television set, a...

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