1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.E.2d
  4. 326 S.E.2d
  5. 326 S.E.2d 679 (1985)
 

PERRICLLIA v. COM.

Record No. 840352.

326 S.E.2d 679 (1985)

Rex Allen PERRICLLIA v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 8, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.R. Broadwell, Cedar Bluff (Donnie W. Salyers, Grundy, on brief), for appellant.

Leah A. Darron, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen.; Robert Q. Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

COCHRAN, Justice.

Tried by a jury under an indictment charging him with the first-degree murder of James E. Mercer, Rex Allen Perricllia was found guilty of murder of the second degree. The trial court sentenced him in accordance with the jury verdict to confinement in the penitentiary for 20 years. At trial, Perricllia admitted having shot Mercer but testified that he did so in self-defense. On appeal, Perricllia contends that the evidence was insufficient to support...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases