CANADY v. COMMONWEALTH


200 S.E.2d 575 (1973)

214 Va. 331

Bernard CANADY v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 26, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome J. Curtis, Jr., James T. Wood, Williamsburg (Loring, Curtis & Verzi, Stone, Bland & Wood, Williamsburg, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Gilbert W. Haith, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN and POFF, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant, Bernard Canady, was found guilty of first degree murder by the trial court, sitting without a jury, and was sentenced to thirty years in the State Penitentiary, with eighteen years suspended on good behavior. We granted him a writ of error.

On June 9, 1972, defendant attempted to commit suicide by taking pills. He wrote a three-page suicide note, which was introduced in evidence without objection. It read in part, "I killed Ellen 3 o...

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