Wolfe v. Commonwealth

In these appeals, we review the capital murder conviction, sentence of death, and related convictions imposed upon Justin Michael Wolfe.

I

The defendant was tried before a jury on indictments for the following offenses: the capital murder of Daniel Robert Petrole, Jr., in violation of Code § 18.2-31(2), the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing of any person by another for hire; use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in violation of Code § 18.2-53.1; and conspiracy to distribute marijuana in violation of Code §§ 18.2-248.1 and -256. The jury found the defendant guilty of these…