TURMAN v. COM.

Record No. 072174.

667 S.E.2d 767 (2008)

Myron TURMAN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 31, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Jane Chilton, Appellate Defender, for Appellant.

Eugene Murphy, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert F. McDonnell, Atty. Gen., on brief), for Appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


OPINION BY Chief Justice LEROY R. HASSELL, SR.

I.

In this appeal from a judgment of the Court of Appeals affirming convictions for rape and sexual battery, we consider whether a circuit court erred by instructing a jury that it could consider a defendant's purported flight from the location of alleged crimes.

II.

A grand jury in Fairfax County indicted Myron J. Turman for forcible oral sodomy in violation of Code § 18.2-67.1, rape...

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