SMITH v. COM.

Record No. 0063-87-4.

373 S.E.2d 340 (1988)

Leon P. SMITH v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Wine, Marshall, for appellant.

H. Elizabeth Shaffer, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: BAKER, DUFF and COLE, JJ.


JOSEPH E. BAKER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Fauquier County (trial court) which approved a jury verdict convicting Leon P. Smith (appellant) of first degree murder, aggravated sexual battery and abduction. Appellant asserts that the trial court erred in permitting the jury to hear and consider evidence at trial of the inculpatory statements made by him to investigating police officers, and alleges that his convictions should be...

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