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NEWCOMER v. COM.

Record No. 781233.

255 S.E.2d 485 (1979)

William P. NEWCOMER v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Natkin, Lexington, Shuler A. Kizer, Buena Vista (Ganas & Natkin, Lexington, on brief), for appellant.

Todd E. LePage, 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.

HARRISON, Justice.

William P. Newcomer was indicted in the Circuit Court of the City of Buena Vista for the murder of Vernon Staton. The defendant was tried twice in Buena Vista, and both trials resulted in hung juries. Following the second trial a motion by the Commonwealth for change of venue was granted. Thereafter defendant was tried by a jury in the Circuit Court of Rockbridge County, convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to confinement in the state...

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