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MORRIS v. COM.

Record No. 831438.

321 S.E.2d 633 (1984)

Nelson Jackson MORRIS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 12, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Lowe, Charlottesville (J. Lloyd Snook, III, Lowe & Jacobs, P.C., Charlottesville, Paxson, Smith, Gilliam & Scott, P.C., Charlottesville, on brief), for appellant.

Richard B. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

CARRICO, Chief Justice.

On August 20, 1982, the defendant, Nelson Jackson Morris, was riding in the back seat of an automobile when he pulled a pistol from a holster and shot the vehicle's operator, Lucille Collier Conley, in the back of the head. Seconds later, he shot a front-seat passenger, Charlene Christine Paugh Morris, in the back of the head. Another passenger steered the vehicle into an embankment on the side of the road. Lucille Conley and Charlene Morris...

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