Legal Opinion
Coppola v. Warden of Virginia State Penitentiary
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 11, 1981No. Record No. 801140PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Per curiam
Frank Coppola was convicted in the trial court of one count of capital murder, two counts of robbery, one count of maiming, and one count of use or display of a firearm in the commission of a felony. His punishment was fixed at death for the capital murder and imprisonment for the other convictions, viz., life for each of the robberies, 20 years for the maiming, and one year for the use or display of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
We affirmed Coppola’s conviction of capital murder and the imposition of the death sentence for reasons set forth in our opinion dated August 30, 1979.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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- Hankerson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by17 opinions
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