Com. v. Hilliard

KEENAN, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that a defendant's motion to suppress an incriminating statement should have been granted because he made the statement in response to police questioning conducted after he invoked his right to counsel.

Curtis Darnell Hilliard was tried in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on charges of murder, in violation of Code § 18.2-32; use of a firearm in the commission of murder, in violation of Code § 18.2-53.1; maliciously shooting into an occupied vehicle, in violation of Code § 18.2-154; and…