ROBINSON v. COM.

Record No. 841744.

341 S.E.2d 159 (1986)

George A. ROBINSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. West, Jr. (James C. Clark, Murphy, McGettigan & West, P.C., Land, Clark, Carroll & Mendelson, Alexandria, on brief), for appellant.

Marla Lynn Graff, Asst. Atty. Gen. (William G. Broaddus, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


THOMAS, Justice.

George A. Robinson was tried by a jury and convicted of two counts of capital murder and two counts of robbery. By order dated July 26, 1984, he was sentenced to four terms of life imprisonment.

On appeal, Robinson contends that the trial court erred in three particulars: (1) in failing to grant a mistrial or continuance where, in the midst of the trial, the prosecutor for the first time advised defense counsel of the existence of certain...

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