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LaFORCE v. COM.

Record No. 0012-91-3.

419 S.E.2d 261 (1992)

Danny LaFORCE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 2, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Thadieu Harris, III, Wise, on brief, for appellant.

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

Present: BARROW, BENTON and DUFF, JJ.

BARROW, Judge.

This appeal is from convictions of conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery. Evidence that the defendant had previously been convicted of stealing copper was admitted into evidence at his trial. We conclude that this evidence was inadmissible and that a cautionary instruction did not cure the error; therefore, we reverse.

During the defendant's jury trial, an accomplice testified that he, the defendant...

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