DOWNING v. COM.

Record No. 2215-96-4.

496 S.E.2d 164 (1998)

26 Va. App. 717

thaniel Lee DOWNING v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Alexandria.

February 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerrold J. Negin, Manassas, for appellant.

Eugene Murphy, Assistant Attorney General (Richard Cullen, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: WILLIS, ANNUNZIATA and BUMGARDNER, JJ.


ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Nathaniel Lee Downing (appellant) appeals his conviction for murder contending that the trial court erroneously denied his motion to appoint a neurologist to assist in his defense and erroneously struck the evidence of his pathological intoxication in support of his defense of not guilty by reason of insanity. We find no error and affirm the trial court's decision.

We limit our discussion of the facts and arguments made to those relevant...

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