FIELDS v. COM.

Record No. 0088-85.

343 S.E.2d 379 (1986)

Robert H. FIELDS, Sr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

May 6, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Earl Griffin (Griffin, Pappas & Scarborough, Portsmouth, on brief), for appellant.

John H. McLees, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (William G. Broaddus, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: BAKER, BARROW and HODGES, JJ.


HODGES, Judge.

Robert H. Fields, Sr. was tried and convicted by a jury of second degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of murder. In accordance with the jury's verdict, the court sentenced Fields to twenty years in the penitentiary for the murder and two years on the weapons charge. The convictions were based upon the killing of Kerri Lynn Cuffee on November 4, 1984, in the City of Portsmouth.

The only eyewitness to testify about the killing...

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