MANETTA v. COM.

Record No. 850340.

340 S.E.2d 828 (1986)

James Edward MANETTA v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford R. Weckstein (Richard M. Thomas, Lichtenstein, Weckstein & Thomas, Roanoke, on brief), for appellant.

Eugene Murphy, Asst. Atty. Gen. (William G. Broaddus, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


RUSSELL, Justice.

Tried by a jury, James Edward Manetta was convicted of capital murder and robbery and was sentenced to life plus five years imprisonment. We granted an appeal limited to the single question whether the trial court erred by admitting hearsay testimony. The facts pertinent to this question may be summarized briefly and will be stated in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth.

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