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Hodges v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided October 9, 1972No. Record 8005 and 8006PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.

Arthur Hodges was charged under one indictment with the murder of Boyd Gene Ferguson (Record No. 8005) and under another indictment with the murder of Warren Douglas Watson (Record No. 8006). He was tried on both indictments at the same time by a jury that found him guilty of first degree murder in each case and fixed his punishment at 99 years in the penitentiary for Ferguson’s murder and death for Watson’s murder. We granted Hodges writs of error to the judgment order entered December 7, 1971, sentencing him in accordance with the jury verdicts.

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. People v. AndersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
  4. Painter v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1969
  5. Huggins v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1972

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. People v. McKinnonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2011
  2. Epperly v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
  3. Stockton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1991
  4. Schmitt v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2000
  5. Jones v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2017

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