Legal Opinion
Rea v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided July 28, 1992No. Record No. 1951-90-2PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BRAY, J.
Stevan Eugene Rea (defendant) was convicted of three counts of capital murder, three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of robbery, two counts of burglary with the intent to commit larceny, burglary with the intent to commit robbery, grand larceny and six counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. In accordance with the jury’s verdict, he was sentenced to imprisonment for nine life terms and forty-seven years. On appeal, defendant contends that (1) the capital murder convictions were barred by his guilty pleas to the lesser included first-degree murder…
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