Legal Opinion
Stockton v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 9, 1984No. Record 831568PublishedCited by 197 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStephenson, J.
In a bifurcated jury trial conducted pursuant to Code §§ 19.2-264.3 and 264.4, Dennis Waldon Stockton was convicted of capital murder for willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing for hire, Code § 18.2-31(b), and his punishment was fixed at death. Following a sentencing hearing, the trial court imposed the death sentence. We have consolidated the automatic review of Stockton’s death sentence with his appeal from his conviction, Code § 17-110.1 and 110.IF, and have given them priority on our docket. Code § 17-110.2.
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