BETHEA v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 2014-16-4.

809 S.E.2d 684 (2018)

68 Va.App. 487

James BETHEA, s/k/a James Willie Bethea v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Alexandria.

February 20, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Francescon ( J. Andrew Taylor ; Boyce, Leahy & Francescon, Lawyers, on brief), Manassas, for appellant.

Katherine Quinlan Adelfio , Assistant Attorney General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: Judges Petty, Beales and Decker.


James Willie Bethea appeals his conviction for first-degree murder. He challenges his conviction based on a peremptory strike of a venire member and on alleged juror misconduct. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the conviction.

I. BACKGROUND

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