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DEAVERS v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 781348.

255 S.E.2d 458 (1979)

James Ray DEAVERS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric E. Adamson, Front Royal (Michael L. Oddenino, Front Royal, on brief), for appellant.

Robert H. Anderson, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

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

PER CURIAM.

On February 14, 1975, James Ray Deavers was convicted by a jury of two counts of grand larceny and one count of common-law burglary.* He escaped from custody and upon his eventual recapture, was, on June 8, 1978, sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a term of seven years. The defendant appeals, arguing that he was denied the opportunity to question an alleged accomplice as to whether the accomplice had been promised...

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