Commonwealth v. Dalton

524 S.E.2d 860 (2000)

259 Va. 249

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia

v.

Paul Michael DALTON, Jr.

Record No. 990764.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 14, 2000.

Richard B. Smith, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on briefs), for appellant.

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

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, LACY, HASSELL, KOONTZ, and KINSER, JJ., and STEPHENSON, Senior Justice.

STEPHENSON, Senior Justice.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the trial court erred in refusing to grant an accessory-after-the-fact jury…