Legal Opinion
Joseph v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 13, 1995No. Record 941103 and 941104PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Whiting
Jason Matthew Joseph was indicted for (1) the October 26, 1992, capital murder of Jeffrey Anderson in the course of a rob bery while armed with a deadly weapon, (2) the use of a firearm while committing Anderson’s murder, (3) the robbery of Anderson, and (4) the use of a firearm while committing the robbery. In the first stage of a bifurcated trial conducted under the provisions of Code §§ 19.2-264.3 and -264.4, a jury convicted Joseph of all charges and fixed his punishment at imprisonment for life on the robbery charge and four years imprisonment for each of the firearms charges.
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