HADDAD v. COM. OF VA.

Record No. 840150.

329 S.E.2d 17 (1985)

Afif HADDAD v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Greenspun, Fairfax (Klein & Greenspun, on briefs), for appellant.

W. Mark Dunn, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


COMPTON, Justice.

In this criminal appeal, we determine whether the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to declare a mistrial on motion of the defendant as the result of comments made by a juror to third parties during a recess.

In a one-day trial, defendant Afif I. Haddad was convicted of first-degree murder for the homicide of his estranged wife. He also was convicted of using a firearm in the commission...

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