Smith v. Commonwealth

425 S.E.2d 95 (1992)

Leroy Dowdy SMITH

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Record No. 0933-91-2.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

December 22, 1992.

Susan D. Hansen, Richmond, for appellant.

Thomas C. Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: BENTON, ELDER and WILLIS, JJ.

ELDER, Judge.

Leroy Dowdy Smith appeals from convictions for abduction, robbery, attempted murder, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Smith claims that the trial court erred (1) in refusing to grant his proffered instruction on fingerprint evidence; (2) in refusing to admit the prior…