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PAYNE v. COM.

Record No. 781578.

260 S.E.2d 247 (1979)

Marcus Albert PAYNE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Toussaint Alexander, Washington, D.C. (Robert M. Alexander, Arlington, on brief), for appellant.

Alan Katz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

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

COMPTON, Justice.

In this criminal appeal, we shall determine whether defendant was deprived of a fair trial as the result of the prosecution's alleged failure to disclose information claimed to be exculpatory.

This appeal arises from the same series of events which generated our recent decision in Dozier v. Commonwealth, 219 Va. ___, 253 S.E.2d 655 (1979). In fact, the...

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