Legal Opinion
Atkins v. Com.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 8, 2006No. Record 052348PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.
On prior occasions, we have addressed various issues regarding Daryl Renard Atkins' conviction for capital murder and the imposition of the death penalty. Today, we review a jury verdict finding that Atkins is not mentally retarded and the circuit court's reinstatement of Atkins' death sentence in light of that verdict. Although Atkins raises numerous assignments of error, we conclude that the circuit court erred in two respects: (1) by admitting testimony from one of the Commonwealth's expert witnesses; and (2) by informing the venire that another jury…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Clay v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2001
- Muhammad v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2005
- Muhammad v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2005
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Jones v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2007
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