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JOHNSON v. COM.

Record No. 800372.

273 S.E.2d 784 (1981)

Major Henry JOHNSON, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford R. Weckstein, Roanoke (Lichtenstein, Weckstein & Raney, Roanoke, 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, POFF, COMPTON and THOMPSON, JJ.

HARRISON, Justice.

This case is the sequel to Johnson v. Commonwealth, 220 Va. 146, 255 S.E.2d 525 (1979). A judgment was entered by the court below in accordance with a jury's verdict, finding Major Henry Johnson, Jr., guilty of capital murder in violation of Code § 18.2-31(d), and sentencing him to life imprisonment. The appeal is limited to a consideration of defendant's claim that his prosecution for capital murder...

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