WILLIAMS v. COM.

Record No. 0826-93-2.

453 S.E.2d 575 (1995)

Leathio WILLIAMS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing En Banc Granted March 16, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Connie Louise Edwards, Jarratt (Connie Louise Edwards, P.C., on brief), for appellant.

Donald R. Curry, S. Asst. Atty. Gen. (James S. Gilmore, III, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: BARROW, KOONTZ and ELDER, JJ.


BARROW, Judge.

In this criminal appeal, the defendant challenges the trial court's refusal to strike six persons from the venire for cause. We conclude that one of the panel members, a correctional officer, was disqualified per se from serving on the panel because the defendant, an inmate of a correctional unit, was on trial for assaulting a correctional officer.

The defendant, an inmate of Greensville Correctional Center, was on trial in Greensville...

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