Legal Opinion
Bassett v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided December 4, 1981No. Record 810301PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
On August 22, 1980, a jury convicted Herbert Russell Bassett of murder during the commission of a robbery while armed with a deadly weapon, Code § 18.2-31(d), and of the use of a firearm in the commission of murder, Code § 18.2-53.1. The jury recommended a sentence of death. After considering a presentence report, on November 19, 1980, the trial court confirmed the jury’s verdict and ordered that Bassett be executed. Code § 17-110.1 (A) requires that we review the death sentence, and we have consolidated this review with Bassett’s appeal of his capital murder conviction, Code § 17-110.1(F),…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Jurek v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Stamper v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1979
- Smith v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1978
- Turner v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1980
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3Cited by64 opinions
- State v. StephensonTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
- Harvey Lee Green, Jr. v. James B. French, Warden, Central PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
- LeVasseur v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
- Herbert Russell Bassette v. Charles E. Thompson, Mary Sue Terry, Attorney General of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Stockton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
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