Haddad v. Commonwealth

329 S.E.2d 17 (1985)

Afif HADDAD

v.

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.

Record No. 840150.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 26, 1985.

Peter D. Greenspun, Fairfax (Klein & Greenspun, on briefs), for appellant.

W. Mark Dunn, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

COMPTON, Justice.

In this criminal appeal, we determine whether the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to declare a mistrial on motion of the defendant as the result of comments made by a juror to third parties during a recess.

In a one-day trial, defendant Afif I. Haddad was convicted…