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McGHEE v. COM.

Record No. 791793.

270 S.E.2d 729 (1980)

Karren Chaney McGHEE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin R. Gardner, Martinsville (Philip G. Gardner, Gardner & Gardner, Martinsville, on brief), for appellant.

Vera S. Warthen, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

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

I'ANSON, Chief Justice.

Defendant, Karren Chaney McGhee, was convicted by a jury as an accessory before the fact in the murder of her husband, Larry Dean McGhee. Her punishment was fixed at twenty years in the penitentiary, and she was sentenced accordingly. We granted this appeal, limited to considering whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain her conviction.

On October 19, 1978, Milton Edward McGhee (Dick McGhee), Larry McGhee, and Jimmy Lee Moran were...

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