WINSTON v. COM.

No. 1185-89-2.

404 S.E.2d 239 (1991)

Reginald Harold WINSTON, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Wright, Jr. (G. Warthen Downs, Downs & Wright, on brief), for appellant.

Robert B. Condon, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., Richard A. Conway, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: BARROW, COLE and COLEMAN, JJ.


COLE, Judge.

Tried by jury upon indictments charging first degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of murder, the appellant, Reginald Harold Winston, Jr., was found guilty of both offenses and sentenced to life and two years imprisonment, respectively. On appeal, Winston asserts that the trial court failed to: (1) properly instruct the jury to disregard the prosecutor's comment alleging that the defendant had slept during the trial; (2) grant the defendant...

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