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SHIFFLETT v. COM.

Record No. 2481-97-4.

513 S.E.2d 440 (1999)

29 Va. App. 521

Melvin Irvin SHIFFLETT, s/k/a Melvin Irving Shifflett v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Alexandria.

April 20, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carla Blake Hook (E. William Chapman; Hazel & Thomas, on briefs), Leesburg, for appellant.

Richard B. Campbell, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: ANNUNZIATA and BUMGARDNER, JJ., and HODGES, Senior Judge.

ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Melvin I. Shifflett ("appellant") was convicted by jury trial of the first degree murder of Patricia E. Smith and sentenced to life imprisonment. In this appeal, appellant contends the trial court erred by: (1) admitting the testimony of Diane Kruger concerning appellant's commission of a prior crime; and (2) admitting irrelevant testimony of John Howard. We disagree and affirm appellant's conviction...

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