Porter v. Com.

OPINION BY Justice G. STEVEN AGEE.

In this appeal, we review the capital murder conviction and sentence of death imposed upon Thomas Alexander Porter in the Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk. In the first stage of a bifurcated trial conducted under Code § 19.2-264.3, a jury convicted Porter of capital murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and grand larceny.1 In the penalty phase of the trial, the jury found the aggravating factor of future dangerousness and fixed Porter's sentence at death for the capital murder charge and a combined twenty-two years for the two other…