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ELLIS v. COM.

Record No. 830514.

317 S.E.2d 479 (1984)

Anthony Alonzo ELLIS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 15, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnny C. Cope, Newport News (Saunders, Carleton, Morrison, Stephenson & Spratley, Newport News, on brief), for appellant.

Robert B. Condon, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

CARRICO, Chief Justice.

The question for decision in this case is whether the trial court erred in denying a motion for mistrial based upon a communication between the trial judge and a juror in the absence of the defendant and his counsel.

The defendant, Anthony Alonzo Ellis, was indicted for distributing heroin. He was convicted by a jury on November 22, 1982, and his case was continued for sentencing to December...

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