Woodson v. Commonwealth

George Delano Woodson, the defendant, was indicted for the murder of his wife, Yvonne. A jury tried and convicted him of murder in the second degree and fixed his punishment at imprisonment for ten years in the penitentiary. From the judgment of the trial court sentencing him in accordance with the verdict we granted Woodson a writ of error.

In his assignments of error Woodson contends that his conviction should be reversed because (1) it was obtained in violation of his rights under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and under §§ 19.1-241.1 through 19.1-241.6 of the Code of…