Epps v. Commonwealth

The defendant, Thomas James Epps, Jr., was found guilty by a jury, and sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the trial court, as a principal in the second degree, upon an indictment under Code § 18.1-16 charging that he “feloniously attempt[ed] to kill and murder George A. Cipra.” We granted a writ of error which presents issues involving double jeopardy, sufficiency of the evidence, misdirection of the jury, and validity of the verdict. We affirm.

On December 29, 1972, about 9:10 a.m., the First Virginia Bank of Nansemond, the deposits of which were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance…