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SHIFFLETT v. COM.

Record No. 800535.

274 S.E.2d 305 (1981)

Jackson David SHIFFLETT, Sr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eaton Brooks, Charlottesville, Va. (Taylor, Brooks, Zunka & Murray, Charlottesville, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Vera S. Warthen, 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.

COCHRAN, Justice.

A jury found Jackson David Shifflett, Sr., guilty of the willful, deliberate and premeditated murders of Michael Shaffer and Denvil Mason, the felonious use of a shotgun while committing each murder, and the malicious wounding of Dennis Sears. The jury fixed his punishment at confinement in the State penitentiary for life for each of the murders, one year for each of the felonious uses of a shotgun, and 20 years for the malicious wounding. On December...

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