TOWNES v. COM.

Record Nos. 860793, 860794.

362 S.E.2d 650 (1987)

Richard TOWNES, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah C. Wyatt (Gordon & Wyatt, Charlottesville, on briefs), for appellant.

Robert Q. Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present All the Justices.


CARRICO, Chief Justice.

Indicted for robbery, capital murder in the commission of robbery, and use of a firearm while committing robbery, Richard Townes, Jr., elected to act as his own counsel. In the guilt phase of a bifurcated proceeding conducted pursuant to Code § 19.2-264.3, a jury convicted Townes of all three offenses and fixed his punishment at twenty years' imprisonment on the robbery charge and two years...

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