Terry Roger Skipper, etc. v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
1Opinion of the Court
ANNUNZIATA, Judge.
Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Page County, appellant, Terry Roger Skipper, Jr., was convicted of forcible rape and forcible sodomy. Appellant was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment on each charge, and the trial court suspended ten years of the sodomy sentence. We awarded appellant an appeal limited to the question “whether the trial court erred by limiting voir dire of the jurors so as to deny appellant a fair trial.” Finding no error, we affirm.
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Appellant was charged with the forcible rape and forcible sodomy of a sixteen-year-old female. On the morning…
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