SPELLER v. COM.

Record No. 0056-85.

345 S.E.2d 542 (1986)

Daniel L. SPELLER v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan L. Korfanty, Arlington, for appellant.

Lucy H. Allen, Asst. Atty. Gen. (William G. Broaddus, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: DUFF, KEENAN and COLE, JJ.


COLE, Judge.

The appellant, Daniel L. Speller, was tried and convicted by a jury on indictments charging him with burglary and grand larceny. He was sentenced to eighteen years in the penitentiary.

The issues raised on appeal are: (1) whether the court erred in refusing to permit Speller's mother to testify that he had polio as a child and suffered from continuing disabilities which would have impaired his ability to flee the scene on foot; (2) whether the...

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