The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, May 9, 1995                   TAG: 9505090329
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B10  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Metro Briefs 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                         LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

MAN GETS 160-YEAR TERM

Carl L. Griffey, a resident of the Travelers Mobile Home Park, was sentenced on Monday to two 80-year prison terms for the murder of Harry Shouse, 37, last June.

The prison terms are to run concurrently. Griffey received 80 years for first-degree murder and 80 years for a firearms charge. He was found guilty in February of shooting his neighbor in the chest with a shotgun after an argument. Griffey also was sentenced to three years for displaying a firearm in a threatening manner.

KEYWORDS: MURDER SENTENCING SHOOTING by CNB