Court of Appeals of Virginia January 2, 1990, 0504-88-2 (Bruce v. Commonwealth)

Opinion

BENTON, J.

Thomas Edward Bruce was convicted by a jury of second degree murder and use of a sawed-off shotgun in the commission of murder. He contends that the trial judge erred: (1) in instructing the jury that, as a matter of law, the weapon used was a sawed-off shotgun; and (2) in refusing to consider a reduction in

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the jury’s recommended sentence.