WRIGHT v. COM.

Record No. 870045.

363 S.E.2d 711 (1988)

Richard Dempsey WRIGHT v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sterling H. Weaver, Sr., Portsmouth, for appellant.

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

Present: All the Justices.


STEPHENSON, Justice.

The sole question in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing an instruction proffered by the defendant concerning the effect of voluntary intoxication on first-degree murder charges.

A jury convicted Richard Dempsey Wright of two counts of first-degree murder and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment for each conviction. The jury also convicted Wright of two counts of using a firearm in a threatening manner while committing...

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