BELTON v. COMMONWEALTH


104 S.E.2d 1 (1958)

200 Va. 5

Willie Jack BELTON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 16, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Smith; Henry Breckinridge Vance, Buena Vista, for plaintiff in error.

Thomas M. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., (A. S. Harrison, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, WHITTLE and SNEAD, JJ.


HUDGINS, Chief Justice.

Willie Jack Belton, the accused, shot and killed his wife, Bessie Belton, for which a judgment was entered against him pursuant to the verdict of the jury finding him guilty of murder in the second degree and fixing his punishment at 12 years in the penitentiary.

The accused, by this writ of error, seeks to have the judgment reversed on the grounds that: (1) improper testimony was admitted over his objection; (2) the court erred in...

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