Cheng v. Commonwealth

393 S.E.2d 599 (1990)

Dung Quang CHENG, a/k/a John Cheng

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Record Nos. 891096 and 891098.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 8, 1990.

Leon S. Demsky, Peter M. Baskin, Arlington, for appellant.

H. Elizabeth Shaffer, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., Virginia B. Theisen, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

I

Proceedings

In separate indictments, Dung Quang Cheng, a/k/a John Cheng, was charged with the capital murder of Hsiang Liu,[1] Code § 18.2-31(a)[2] and -31(d);[3] with the abduction of Liu; with the robbery of…