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PATTERSON v. COM.

Record Nos. 810244, 810267.

283 S.E.2d 212 (1980)

William S. V. PATTERSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris A. Christie, Norfolk (Decker, Christie & Hitchings, Norfolk, on brief), for appellant.

Richard B. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C. J., and HARRISON, COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON and STEPHENSON, JJ.

COMPTON, Justice.

The dominant question in this criminal appeal involving automatic review of a death sentence is whether, as to the issue of punishment in the capital case, the jury was properly selected.

Defendant William S. V. Patterson was indicted for the robbery and capital murder of his 76-year-old grandmother. He was convicted by a jury of both offenses. His punishment for the robbery was set at life imprisonment...

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