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BROWN v. COM.

Record No. 0926-94-2.

469 S.E.2d 90 (1996)

22 Va. App. 316

Thomas Payne BROWN, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

April 23, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Benjamin, Richmond (Betty Lane DesPortes; Steven D. Benjamin and Associates, on briefs), for appellant.

Eugene Murphy, Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General; Donald R. Curry, Senior Assistant Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: BENTON, ELDER and ANNUNZIATA, JJ.

BENTON, Judge.

Thomas Payne Brown, Jr.'s first trial for murder ended in a mistrial after the jury failed to reach a verdict. In his second trial, Brown was convicted of first degree murder. The Supreme Court reversed the conviction because the trial judge did not allow Brown to cross-examine the Commonwealth's chief witness, Daniel Sydow, regarding offers of leniency made by the Commonwealth and also because the trial judge refused to allow Brown's counsel to proffer...

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