LOMAX v. COM.

Record No. 831938.

319 S.E.2d 763 (1984)

Clarence James LOMAX v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Rodney Sager, Richmond, for appellant.

Linwood T. Wells, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present All the Justices.


STEPHENSON, Justice.

The sole question in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing to grant the defendant's motion for a continuance.

Clarence James Lomax was indicted for the murder of Muriel Johnson. A jury convicted him of the lesser-included offense of involuntary manslaughter and fixed his punishment at 10 years in the penitentiary. The court sentenced Lomax in accordance with the verdict.

On July 11, 1983, more than three weeks...

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