BEAMON v. COM.

Record No. 802001.

284 S.E.2d 591 (1981)

James Larry BEAMON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

December 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyd M. Sears, Jr., West Point, 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.


PER CURIAM.

James Larry Beamon, a prisoner in the New Kent Correctional Unit, was convicted in a jury trial of possession of cocaine and sentenced to serve two additional years in the State penal system. His appeal raises the question whether his inculpatory statements made to a guard when Beamon had not been given Miranda warnings were properly admitted as evidence against him at trial.

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