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WATKINS v. COM.

Record Nos. 841551, 841913.

331 S.E.2d 422 (1985)

Johnny WATKINS, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia (Two Cases).

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry G. Crider, Danville, (E.L. Motley, Jr., Danville, on brief), for appellant in No. 841551.

James E. Kulp, Sr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee in No. 841551.

E.L. Motley, Jr., Danville, (Henry G. Crider, Danville, on brief), for appellant in No. 841913.

Frank S. Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee in No. 841913.

Present: All the Justices.

COCHRAN, Justice.

A jury found Johnny Watkins, Jr. (Watkins), guilty of the capital murder of Betty Jean Barker on November 14, 1983, in the commission of robbery while armed with a deadly weapon. The jury also found Watkins guilty of the robbery itself and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and fixed his punishment for these two offenses at confinement in the penitentiary for life and for two years, respectively. In the bifurcated proceeding mandated...

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