Dalton v. Commonwealth

512 S.E.2d 142 (1999)

29 Va. App. 316

Paul Michael DALTON, Jr.

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Record No. 3134-96-3.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

March 16, 1999.

H. Victor Millner, Jr., Chatham, for appellant.

Richard B. Smith, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: FITZPATRICK, C.J., and BENTON, COLEMAN, WILLIS, ELDER, BRAY, ANNUNZIATA, BUMGARDNER and LEMONS, JJ., and OVERTON,[*] Senior Judge.

ELDER, Judge.

Paul Michael Dalton, Jr., (appellant) appealed his conviction for first degree murder. On appeal, he contended the trial court erred…