WARD v. COM.

Record No. 780338.

252 S.E.2d 349 (1979)

Richard William WARD, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Morchower, Richmond (John W. Luxton, Ott, Morchower, Thompson & McMullan, Richmond, on brief), for appellant.

Alan Katz, 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.

A jury found Richard M. Ward, Jr. (Ward or defendant), guilty of statutory burglary and fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for four years. Ward appeals from the trial court's order pronouncing sentence on that verdict.

The principal issue presented here is whether the court erred in refusing to grant a cautionary instruction on the weight to be afforded uncorroborated accomplice...

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