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BLYTHE v. COM.

Record No. 810338.

284 S.E.2d 796 (1981)

James Calvin BLYTHE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

December 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Eure, Jr., Suffolk (Eure & Johnson, Suffolk, on brief), for appellant.

Linwood T. Wells, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

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

CARRICO, Chief Justice.

The defendant, James Calvin Blythe, was indicted separately for murder and the unlawful shooting, stabbing, cutting, or wounding of another in the commission of a felony (Code § 18.2-53). In a single jury trial, the defendant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, with punishment fixed at ten years' imprisonment, and of the wounding charge, with punishment fixed at five years' imprisonment. The trial court imposed the prison terms fixed...

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