Bailey v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
L. P. Brockwell, Sr., service manager of a garage in Greensville county, was killed as the result of a stab wound which entered his heart, inflicted by the defendant, Bailey. A jury convicted Bailey of first-degree murder, fixed his punishment at life imprisonment and he was sentenced accordingly. He contends here that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to quash the venire, and that the evidence was not sufficient to support a conviction of murder in the first degree. We shall look first to' the sufficiency of the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth,…
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