Legal Opinion
Goins v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 19, 1996No. Record 951869 and 951870PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Keenan
In this appeal, we review the capital murder conviction and the death sentence imposed on Christopher C. Goins, along with his convictions for first degree murder, malicious wounding, and use of a firearm in the commission of murder and malicious wounding.
I. Proceedings
Goins was indicted for capital murder for the killing of Robert Jones, based on the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing of more than one person as part of the same act or transaction. Code § 18.2-31(7). He was also indicted on four charges of first degree murder for the killing of Daphne Jones, Nicole Jones, David…
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