BROWN v. COM.

Record No. 880727.

381 S.E.2d 225 (1989)

James Martin BROWN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ned M. Mikula, Chesterfield, Cary B. Bowen, Richmond, (Rudy, Keown, Evans & Mikula, Chesterfield, on brief), for appellant.

Eugene Murphy, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, THOMAS, WHITING, and LACY, JJ. and POFF, Senior Justice.


POFF, Senior Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Appeals refusing a petition for appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Henrico County confirming a conviction of murder in the first degree. In three assignments of error, appellant James Martin Brown challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the trial court's rulings refusing two instructions proffered by the defense.

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