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Appeals court reverses Surry murder conviction

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Court of Appeals has reversed a murder conviction stemming from a shooting outside a Surry County nightclub.

A divided three-judge panel said Tuesday that Ronald Taft Davis III’s acquittal on a misdemeanor charge of reckless handling of a firearm precluded his later prosecution for murder based on the same 2008 incident.

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