McCAIN v. COM.

Record No. 1633-85.

360 S.E.2d 854 (1987)

Dennis Delgado McCAIN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis A. Abreu (Clement & Wheatley, Danville, on brief), for appellant.

M. Katharine Spong, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: KOONTZ, C.J., and KEENAN and MOON, JJ.


KOONTZ, Chief Judge.

Dennis Delgado McCain was convicted in a jury trial in Bedford County Circuit Court on December 4, 1985, of first degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and two years.

In this appeal McCain raises two issues: (1) whether evidence of the victim's family life was admissible in the Commonwealth's case-in-chief, and (2) whether the trial court erroneously limited his right to...

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