Longley v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the County Court of Washington county, rendered June 9, 1900, sentencing the plaintiff in error to the penitentiary for thirteen years on an indictment for murder.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The plaintiff in error was convicted of murder in the second *809degree and sentenced, in accordance with the verdict of the jury, to a term of thirteen years in the penitentiary. A motion for a new trial having been overruled by the County Court of Washington county, the judge of the Circuit Court of that ■county was applied to for a writ of error which was refused, and thereupon a writ of error was awarded by one of the judges of this court.
The refusal of the court to allow a juror, who was being ■examined on his voir dire, to answer certain questions asked by counsel for the prisoner, is…
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