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TOWNSEND v. COM.

Record No. 042223.

619 S.E.2d 71 (2005)

270 Va. 325

Michael Lee TOWNSEND, Sr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 16, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Eliades, Hopewell (Steven B. Novey; Eliades & Eliades; Tomko & Novey, on brief), for appellant.

John H. McLees, Senior Asst. Atty. General (Judith Williams Jagdmann, Atty. General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

AGEE, Justice.

Michael Lee Townsend was convicted in the Circuit Court of Sussex County on one count of capital murder, one count of first-degree murder, and two related firearm offenses for the murders of his ex-girlfriend, Reta Price, and her boyfriend, Gary Goss. On appeal, Townsend contends the trial court erred in overruling his motions to strike two prospective jurors for cause because seating those jurors makes it "unlikely that the public would have confidence...

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